2 Corinthians 5:9

New American Bible - revised edition

Therefore, we aspire to please him, whether we are at home or away.

Cross References

Genesis 4:7

If you act rightly, you will be accepted; but if not, sin lies in wait at the door: its urge is for you, yet you can rule over it.

Isaiah 56:7

Them I will bring to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer; Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on my altar, For my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.

John 6:27

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

Acts 10:35

Rather, in every nation whoever fears him and acts uprightly is acceptable to him.

Romans 14:18

whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by others.

Romans 14:8

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

Romans 15:20

Thus I aspire to proclaim the gospel not where Christ has already been named, so that I do not build on another’s foundation,

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be firm, steadfast, always fully devoted to the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

2 Corinthians 5:6

So we are always courageous, although we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord,

2 Corinthians 5:8

Yet we are courageous, and we would rather leave the body and go home to the Lord.

Ephesians 1:6

for the praise of the glory of his grace that he granted us in the beloved. Fulfillment Through Christ.

Colossians 1:10

to live in a manner worthy of the Lord, so as to be fully pleasing, in every good work bearing fruit and growing in the knowledge of God,

Colossians 1:29

For this I labor and struggle, in accord with the exercise of his power working within me.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Finally, brothers, we earnestly ask and exhort you in the Lord Jesus that, as you received from us how you should conduct yourselves to please God—and as you are conducting yourselves—you do so even more.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

and to aspire to live a tranquil life, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your [own] hands, as we instructed you,

1 Timothy 4:10

For this we toil and struggle, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the savior of all, especially of those who believe.

Hebrews 12:28

Therefore, we who are receiving the unshakable kingdom should have gratitude, with which we should offer worship pleasing to God in reverence and awe.

Hebrews 4:11

Therefore, let us strive to enter into that rest, so that no one may fall after the same example of disobedience.

2 Peter 3:14

Therefore, beloved, since you await these things, be eager to be found without spot or blemish before him, at peace.