2 Corinthians 5:9

New English Translation

So then whether we are alive or away, we make it our ambition to please him.

Cross References

Genesis 4:7

Is it not true that if you do what is right, you will be fine? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. It desires to dominate you, but you must subdue it.”

Isaiah 56:7

I will bring them to my holy mountain; I will make them happy in the temple where people pray to me. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar, for my temple will be known as a temple where all nations may pray.”

John 6:27

Do not work for the food that disappears, but for the food that remains to eternal life – the food which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him.”

Acts 10:35

but in every nation the person who fears him and does what is right is welcomed before him.

Romans 14:18

For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.

Romans 14:8

If we live, we live for the Lord; if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

Romans 15:20

And in this way I desire to preach where Christ has not been named, so as not to build on another person’s foundation,

1 Corinthians 15:58

So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:6

Therefore we are always full of courage, and we know that as long as we are alive here on earth we are absent from the Lord –

2 Corinthians 5:8

Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.

Colossians 1:10

so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects – bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,

Colossians 1:29

Toward this goal I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully works in me.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God (as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

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

1 Timothy 4:10

In fact this is why we work hard and struggle, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of believers.

Hebrews 12:28

So since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us give thanks, and through this let us offer worship pleasing to God in devotion and awe.

Hebrews 4:11

Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.

2 Peter 3:14

Therefore, dear friends, since you are waiting for these things, strive to be found at peace, without spot or blemish, when you come into his presence.