Ephesians 6:6

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

Not only when their eyes are on you, as if you had merely to please men, but as slaves of Christ, who are trying to carry out the will of God.

Cross References

Matthew 12:50

For any one who does the will of my Father who is in Heaven is my brother and sister and mother."

Matthew 7:21

Not every one who says to me 'Master! Master!' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in Heaven.

Mark 3:35

Whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother."

Romans 6:17

God be thanked that, though you were once servants of Sin, yet you learned to give hearty obedience to that form of doctrine under which you were placed.

1 Corinthians 7:22

For the man who was a slave when he was called to the master's service is the Master's freed-man; so, too, the man who was free when called is Christ's slave.

Galatians 1:10

Is this, I ask, trying to conciliate men, or God? Am I seeking to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I should not be a servant of Christ.

Ephesians 5:17

Therefore do not grow thoughtless, but try to understand what the Lord's will is.

Philippians 2:12

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always been obedient in the past, so now work out your own Salvation with anxious care, not only when I am with you, but all the more now that I am absent.

Colossians 1:9

And therefore we, from the very day that we heard this, have never ceased praying for you, or asking that you may possess that deeper knowledge of the will of God, which comes through all true spiritual wisdom and insight.

Colossians 4:12

Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, sends you his greeting. He is a servant of Christ Jesus, and is always most earnest in your behalf in his prayers, praying that you may stand firm, with a matured faith and with a sure conviction of all that is in accordance with God's will.

1 Thessalonians 2:4

But, having been found worthy by God to be entrusted with the Good News, therefore we tell it; with a view to please, not men, but God who proves our hearts.

1 Thessalonians 4:3

For this is God's purpose--that you should be pure; abstaining from all immorality;

Hebrews 10:36

You still have need of patient endurance, in order that, when you have done God's will, you may obtain the fulfillment of his promise.

Hebrews 13:21

may God make you perfect in everything that is good, so that you may be able to do his will. May he bring out in us all that is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be all glory for ever and ever. Amen.

1 Peter 2:15

For God's will is this--that you should silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing what is right.

1 Peter 4:2

and so will live the rest of his earthly life guided, not by human passions, but by the will of God.

1 John 2:17

And the world, and all that it gratifies, is passing away, but he who does God's will remains for ever.