2 Corinthians 5:9

Lighthouse Bible 2006

Therefore we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted by him.

Cross References

Genesis 4:7

If you do well, shall you not be accepted? and if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And unto you shall be his desire, and you shall rule over him.

Isaiah 56:7

Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all people.

John 6:27

Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for that food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give to you: for him has God the Father sealed.

Acts 10:35

But in every nation he who fears him, and works righteousness, is accepted with him.

Romans 14:18

For he who in these things serves Christ is acceptable to God, and approved by men.

Romans 14:8

For if we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.

Romans 15:20

Yea, so have I earnestly desired to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man’s foundation:

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, for you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:6

Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

2 Corinthians 5:8

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

Ephesians 1:6

To the praise of the glory of his grace, in which he has made us accepted in the beloved.

Colossians 1:10

That you might walk worthy of the Lord for all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

Colossians 1:29

For which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Furthermore then we plead with you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as you learned from us how you ought to walk and to please God, so you would abound more and more.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

And that you strive to be quiet, and to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;

1 Timothy 4:10

For this is why we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

Hebrews 12:28

Therefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us hold fast to grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:

Hebrews 4:11

Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of unbelief.

2 Peter 3:14

Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for such things, be diligent that you may be found by him in peace, without spot, and blameless.