2 Timothy 2:15

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Do your best to please God. Be a worker who doesn’t need to be ashamed, one who handles the message of truth correctly.

Cross References

1 Thessalonians 2:4

No, we speak as people God has approved and entrusted with the good news. We’re not trying to please people; we’re trying to please God, who tests our hearts.

2 Peter 1:10

My brothers and sisters, make every effort to show that God has called you to be saved. If you do everything I’ve just said, you’ll never trip and fall.

1 Timothy 4:6

If you point out these things to the brothers and sisters, you will be serving Christ Jesus well. You’ll show that you’ve been strengthened by the truths of the faith and by the good teaching you’ve obeyed.

2 Corinthians 10:18

It’s not the ones who praise themselves who are accepted—it’s the ones the Lord praises.

2 Corinthians 5:9

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.

2 Corinthians 4:2

Instead, we refuse to do secret and shameful things. We don’t trick anyone, and we don’t twist God’s word. We do just the opposite! We present the truth plainly so that everyone can judge us in their own conscience before God.

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.

Galatians 1:10

Now do I sound like somebody who wants people to think well of me? Or do I sound like somebody who wants God to think well of me? If I were still trying to please people, I wouldn’t be serving Christ.

2 Peter 1:15

I hope you’ll always be able to remember these things after I’m gone. I’ll try very hard to see that you do.

Ephesians 1:13

You also came to belong to Christ when you heard the message of truth, the good news about how you could be saved. When you believed, God stamped you with an official mark, the Holy Spirit that he promised.

1 Thessalonians 5:14

And we urge you, brothers and sisters, to warn certain people who don’t want to work and who are being disruptive. Encourage those who have lost hope, help those who are weak, and be patient with everyone.

2 Corinthians 3:6

He has given us the power to serve under a new covenant. It’s not based on the written Law of Moses; it comes from the Holy Spirit. The written Law kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Romans 14:18

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

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.

James 1:18

God chose to give us new birth through the message of truth because he wanted us to be the first harvest of his new creation.

1 Corinthians 2:6

However, when we speak to those who are mature in the faith, we do share our wisdom. But it’s not the wisdom of this world or its rulers, who are fading away.

Acts 2:22

“Fellow Israelites, listen to this! God showed his approval of the man Jesus of Nazareth by doing miracles, wonders, and signs among you through him. You all know this well.

Acts 20:27

I haven’t let anyone keep me from telling you everything God wants you to do.

Matthew 13:52

He said to them, “Every teacher of the law who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings new treasures out of his storeroom along with the old ones.”

Romans 16:10

Greet Apelles, who remained faithful to Christ even when he was tested. Greet those who live in the house of Aristobulus.

Luke 12:42

The Lord answered, “Suppose a master gives one of his servants the job of giving the other servants their food at the right time, as a faithful and wise manager.

Mark 4:33

Jesus spoke the message to them using many stories like these, telling them as much as they could understand.

Romans 6:13

Don’t offer any part of yourself to serve sin and do what’s wrong. Instead, offer yourselves to God as people who have been brought from death to life. Offer every part of yourself to God to do what’s right.

James 1:12

Blessed is the person who keeps going when times are difficult. After they’ve made it through these times, they’ll receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to give to those who love him.