2 Corinthians 5:9

New Century Version

Our only goal is to please God whether we live here or there,

Cross References

Genesis 4:7

If you do things well, I will accept you, but if you do not do them well, sin is ready to attack you. Sin wants you, but you must rule over it.”

Isaiah 56:7

I will bring these people to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. The offerings and sacrifices they place on my altar will please me, because my Temple will be called a house for prayer for people from all nations.”

John 6:27

Don’t work for the food that spoils. Work for the food that stays good always and gives eternal life. The Son of Man will give you this food, because on him God the Father has put his power.”

Acts 10:35

In every country God accepts anyone who worships him and does what is right.

Romans 14:18

Anyone who serves Christ by living this way is pleasing God and will be accepted by other people.

Romans 14:8

If we live, we are living for the Lord, and if we die, we are dying for the Lord. So living or dying, we belong to the Lord.

Romans 15:20

I always want to preach the Good News in places where people have never heard of Christ, because I do not want to build on the work someone else has already started.

1 Corinthians 15:58

So my dear brothers and sisters, stand strong. Do not let anything move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your work in the Lord is never wasted.

2 Corinthians 5:6

So we always have courage. We know that while we live in this body, we are away from the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:8

So I say that we have courage. We really want to be away from this body and be at home with the Lord.

Ephesians 1:6

and it brings praise to God because of his wonderful grace. God gave that grace to us freely, in Christ, the One he loves.

Colossians 1:10

so that you will live the kind of life that honors and pleases the Lord in every way. You will produce fruit in every good work and grow in the knowledge of God.

Colossians 1:29

To do this, I work and struggle, using Christ’s great strength that works so powerfully in me.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Brothers and sisters, we taught you how to live in a way that will please God, and you are living that way. Now we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live that way even more.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

Do all you can to live a peaceful life. Take care of your own business, and do your own work as we have already told you.

1 Timothy 4:10

This is why we work and struggle: We hope in the living God who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

Hebrews 12:28

So let us be thankful, because we have a kingdom that cannot be shaken. We should worship God in a way that pleases him with respect and fear,

Hebrews 4:11

Let us try as hard as we can to enter God’s rest so that no one will fail by following the example of those who refused to obey.

2 Peter 3:14

Dear friends, since you are waiting for this to happen, do your best to be without sin and without fault. Try to be at peace with God.