2 Corinthians 5:9

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And thus we struggle, whether absent or present, to please him.

Cross References

Genesis 4:7

If you behave well, will you not receive? But if you behave badly, will not sin at once be present at the door? And so its desire will be within you, and you will be dominated by it."

Isaiah 56:7

I will lead them to my holy mountain, and I will gladden them in my house of prayer. Their holocausts and their victims will be pleasing to me upon my altar. For my house will be called the house of prayer for all peoples.

John 6:27

Do not work for food that perishes, but for that which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him."

Acts 10:35

But within every nation, whoever fears him and works justice is acceptable to him.

Romans 14:18

For he who serves Christ in this, pleases God and is proven before men.

Romans 14:8

For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

Romans 15:20

And so I have preached this Gospel, not where Christ was known by name, lest I build upon the foundation of another,

1 Corinthians 15:58

And so, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and unmovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not useless in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:6

Therefore, we are ever confident, knowing that, while we are in the body, we are on a pilgrimage in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:8

So we are confident, and we have the good will to be on a pilgrimage in the body, so as to be present to the Lord.

Ephesians 1:6

for the praise of the glory of his grace, with which he has gifted us in his beloved Son.

Colossians 1:10

so that you may walk in a manner worthy of God, being pleasing in all things, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God,

Colossians 1:29

In him, too, I labor, striving according to his action within me, which he works in virtue.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Therefore, concerning other things, brothers, we ask and beg you, in the Lord Jesus, that, just as you have received from us the way in which you ought to walk and to please God, so also may you walk, in order that you may abound all the more.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

to choose work that allows you to be tranquil, and to carry out your business and to do your work with your own hands, just as we have instructed you,

1 Timothy 4:10

For this reason we labor and are maligned: because we hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, most especially of the faithful.

Hebrews 12:28

Thus, in receiving an immoveable kingdom, we have grace. So, through grace, let us be of service, by pleasing God with fear and reverence.

Hebrews 4:11

Therefore, let us hasten to enter into that rest, so that no one may fall into the same example of unbelief.

2 Peter 3:14

Therefore, most beloved, while awaiting these things, be diligent, so that you may be found to be immaculate and unassailable before him, in peace.