2 Corinthians 5:9

Weymouth NT

And for this reason also we make it our ambition, whether at home or in exile, to please Him perfectly.

Cross References

John 6:27

Bestow your pains not on the food which perishes, but on the food that remains unto the Life of the Ages–that food which will be the Son of Man's gift to you; for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal.«

Acts 10:35

but that in every nation those who fear Him and live good lives are acceptable to Him.

Romans 14:18

and whoever in this way devotedly serves Christ, God takes pleasure in him, and men highly commend him.

Romans 14:8

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

Romans 15:20

making it my ambition, however, not to tell the Good News where Christ's name was already known, for fear I should be building on another man's foundation.

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my dear brethren, be firm, unmovable, busily occupied at all times in the Lord's work, knowing that your toil is not fruitless in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:6

We have therefore a cheerful confidence. We know that while we are at home in the body we are banished from the Lord;

2 Corinthians 5:8

So we have a cheerful confidence, and we anticipate with greater delight being banished from the body and going home to the Lord.

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of the splendour of His grace with which He has enriched us in the beloved One.

Colossians 1:10

so that your lives may be worthy of the Lord and perfectly pleasing to Him, while you exhibit the results of right action of every sort and grow into a fuller knowledge of God.

Colossians 1:29

To this end, like an earnest wrestler, I exert all my strength in reliance upon the power of Him who is mightily at work within me.

1 Thessalonians 4:1

Moreover, brethren, as you learnt from our lips the lives which you ought to live, and do live, so as to please God, we beg and exhort you in the name of the Lord Jesus to live them more and more truly.

1 Thessalonians 4:11

and to vie with one another in eagerness for peace, every one minding his own business and working with his hands, as we ordered you to do:

1 Timothy 4:10

and here is the motive of our toiling and wrestling, because we have our hopes fixed on the ever-living God, who is the Saviour of all mankind, and especially of believers.

Hebrews 12:28

Therefore, receiving, as we now do, a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us cherish thankfulness so that we may ever offer to God an acceptable service, with godly reverence and awe.

Hebrews 4:11

Let it then be our earnest endeavour to be admitted to that rest, so that no one may perish through following the same example of unbelief.

2 Peter 3:14

Therefore, dear friends, since you have these expectations, earnestly seek to be found in His presence, free from blemish or reproach, in peace.