Ephesians 6:6

Conservative English Version

Try to please them at all times, and not just when you think they are watching. You are slaves of Christ, so with your whole heart you must do what God wants you to do.

Cross References

Jeremiah 24:7

I will give them a desire to know me and to be my people. They will want me to be their God, and they will turn back to me with all their heart.

Jeremiah 3:10

And worst of all, the people of Judah pretended to come back to me.

Matthew 12:50

Anyone who obeys my Father in heaven is my brother or sister or mother."

Matthew 7:21

Not everyone who calls me their Lord will get into the kingdom of heaven. Only the ones who obey my Father in heaven will get in.

Mark 3:35

Anyone who obeys God is my brother or sister or mother."

Romans 6:17

You used to be slaves of sin. But I thank God that with all your heart you obeyed the teaching you received from me.

1 Corinthians 7:22

When the Lord chooses slaves, they become his free people. And when he chooses free people, they become slaves of Christ.

Galatians 1:10

I am not trying to please people. I want to please God. Do you think I am trying to please people? If I were doing that, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Ephesians 5:17

Don't be stupid. Instead, find out what the Lord wants you to do.

Philippians 2:12

My dear friends, you always obeyed when I was with you. Now that I am away, you should obey even more. So work with fear and trembling to discover what it really means to be saved.

Colossians 1:9

We have not stopped praying for you since the first day we heard about you. In fact, we always pray that God will show you everything he wants you to do and that you may have all the wisdom and understanding that his Spirit gives.

Colossians 4:12

Your own Epaphras, who serves Christ Jesus, sends his greetings. He always prays hard that you may fully know what the Lord wants you to do and that you may do it completely.

1 Thessalonians 2:4

God was pleased to trust us with his message. We didn't speak to please people, but to please God who knows our motives.

1 Thessalonians 4:3

God wants you to be holy, so don't be immoral in matters of sex.

Hebrews 10:36

Learn to be patient, so that you will please God and be given what he has promised.

Hebrews 13:21

I pray that God will make you ready to obey him and that you will always be eager to do right. May Jesus help you do what pleases God. To Jesus Christ be glory forever and ever! Amen.

1 Peter 2:15

God wants you to silence stupid and ignorant people by doing right.

1 Peter 4:2

It means you have turned from your own desires and want to obey God for the rest of your life.

1 John 2:17

The world and the desires it causes are disappearing. But if we obey God, we will live forever.