Colossians 3:23

New English Translation

Whatever you are doing, work at it with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not for people,

Cross References

2 Chronicles 31:21

He wholeheartedly and successfully reinstituted service in God’s temple and obedience to the law, in order to follow his God.

Psalm 103:1

Praise the Lord, O my soul! With all that is within me, praise his holy name!

Psalm 119:10

With all my heart I seek you. Do not allow me to stray from your commands!

Psalm 119:145

I cried out with all my heart, “Answer me, O Lord! I will observe your statutes.”

Psalm 119:34

Give me understanding so that I might observe your law, and keep it with all my heart.

Ecclesiastes 9:10

Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go.

Jeremiah 3:10

In spite of all this, Israel’s sister, unfaithful Judah, has not turned back to me with any sincerity; she has only pretended to do so,” says the Lord.

Matthew 6:16

“When you fast, do not look sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unattractive so that people will see them fasting. I tell you the truth, they have their reward.

Romans 14:6

The one who observes the day does it for the Lord. The one who eats, eats for the Lord because he gives thanks to God, and the one who abstains from eating abstains for the Lord, and he gives thanks to God.

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.

Ephesians 5:22

Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord,

Colossians 3:17

And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

1 Peter 1:22

You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart.

1 Peter 2:13

Be subject to every human institution for the Lord’s sake, whether to a king as supreme

1 Peter 2:15

For God wants you to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.