2 Corinthians 5:9

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So we try our best to make sure that he’ll be pleased with us, whether we’re at home in our bodies or away from them.

Cross References

Colossians 1:10

Then you’ll be able to lead a life that is worthy of the Lord and please him in every way. You’ll bear fruit in every good thing you do, you’ll get to know God better,

Romans 14:18

Those who serve Christ in this way are pleasing to God, and people approve of them too.

2 Peter 3:14

Dear friends, since you’re looking forward to this, try your best to be found pure, blameless, and at peace with God.

1 Timothy 4:10

This is why we work and try so hard—because we’ve put our hope in the living God, who’s the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

Do everything you can to live a quiet life. You should mind your own business and work with your hands, just as we told you to.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Now I want to talk about some other matters, brothers and sisters. We taught you how to live in a way that pleases God, and that’s how you’re living. But in the name of the Lord Jesus, we ask you and urge you to do that more and more.

1 Corinthians 15:58

My dear brothers and sisters, remain strong in the faith. Don’t let anything move you. Always give yourselves completely to the work of the Lord, because you know that in the Lord, your work isn’t for nothing.

Romans 15:20

I’ve always wanted to preach the good news where Christ is not known. I don’t want to build on someone else’s foundation.

Romans 14:8

If we live, we live to honor the Lord, and if we die, we die to honor the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

Acts 10:35

“He accepts anyone from any nation who respects him and does what is right.

Hebrews 12:28

Since we’re receiving a kingdom that can’t be shaken, let’s be thankful, and let’s worship God in a way that pleases him. Let’s worship him with deep respect and wonder,

Hebrews 4:11

So let’s make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will die by disobeying the way the people of long ago did.

Colossians 1:29

I work hard for that with all the strength of Christ that works powerfully within me.

2 Corinthians 5:8

We live this way confidently, as I said, because we’d rather be away from our bodies and at home with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:6

This gives us the confidence to keep living the way we do. We know that as long as we’re at home in our bodies, we’re away from the Lord.

John 6:27

Don’t work for food that spoils, but for food that lasts forever. Work for the food that the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has put his seal of approval on him.”

Ephesians 1:6

All these things make us want to praise the glorious grace that God has given us freely in the One he loves.