Colossians 3:23

The Passion Translation

Put your heart and soul into every activity you do, as though you are doing it for the Lord himself and not merely for others.

Cross References

Psalm 103:1

With my whole heart, with my whole life, and with my innermost being, I bow in wonder and love before you, the holy God!

Psalm 119:10

I have longed for you with the passion of my heart; don’t let me stray from your directions!

Psalm 119:145

Answer my passionate prayer, O Lord, and I’ll obey everything you say.

Psalm 119:34

Give me an understanding heart so that I can passionately know and obey your truth.

Jeremiah 3:10

Even after all this, Israel’s treacherous sister, Judah, refused to return to me with her whole heart; instead, she came with only deceitful lies,” declared Yahweh.

Matthew 6:16

“When you fast, don’t look gloomy and pretend to be spiritual. They want everyone to know they’re fasting, so they appear in public looking miserable and disheveled. Believe me, they’ve already received their reward.

Romans 14:6

For the person who observes one day as especially sacred does it to honor the Lord. And the same is true regarding what a person eats. The one who eats everything eats to honor the Lord, because he gives thanks to God, and the one who has a special diet does it to honor the Lord, and he also gives thanks to God.

Romans 14:8

While we live, we must live for our Master, and in death we must bring honor to him. So dead or alive we belong to our Master.

Ephesians 5:22

For wives, this means being devoted to your husbands like you are tenderly devoted to our Lord,

Colossians 3:17

Let every activity of your lives and every word that comes from your lips be drenched with the beauty of our Lord Jesus, the Anointed One. And bring your constant praise to God the Father because of what Christ has done for you!

1 Peter 1:22

Now, because of your obedience to the truth, you have purified your very souls, and this empowers you to be full of love for your fellow believers. So express this sincere love toward one another passionately and with a pure heart.

1 Peter 2:13

In order to honor the Lord, you must respect and defer to the authority of every human institution, whether it be the highest ruler

1 Peter 2:15

For it is God’s will for you to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing what is right.