2 Corinthians 5:9

Modern English Version

So whether present or absent, we labor that we may be accepted by Him.

Cross References

Genesis 4:7

If you do well, shall you not be accepted? But if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. It desires to dominate you, but you must rule over it.”

Isaiah 56:7

even them I will bring to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted on My altar; for My house shall be called a house of prayer for all people.

John 6:27

Do not work for the food which perishes, but for that food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For God the Father has set His seal on Him.”

Acts 10:35

But in every nation he who fears Him and works righteousness is accepted by Him.

Romans 14:18

For he who serves Christ in these things 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. So, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

Romans 15:20

So I have strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, so that I should not build on another man’s foundation.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

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

Instead, I say that we are confident and willing 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 which He graciously bestowed on us in the Beloved.

Colossians 1:10

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

Colossians 1:29

In this I labor, striving according to His power, which effectively works in me.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Finally, brothers, we urge and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as you have learned from us how you ought to walk and to please God, you should excel more and more.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

to aspire to live a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you,

1 Timothy 4:10

For to this end 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, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be moved, let us be gracious, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.

Hebrews 4:11

Let us labor therefore to enter that rest, lest anyone fall by the same pattern of unbelief.

2 Peter 3:14

Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these things, be diligent that you may be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless.