If you do well, it will lift. But if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the doorway. Its desire is for you, but you must master it.”
2 Corinthians 5:9 - Tree of Life Version So whether at home or absent, we make it our aim to be pleasing to Him. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore, whether we are at home [on earth away from Him] or away from home [and with Him], we are constantly ambitious and strive earnestly to be pleasing to Him. American Standard Version (1901) Wherefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well-pleasing unto him. Common English Bible So our goal is to be acceptable to him, whether we are at home or away from home. Catholic Public Domain Version And thus we struggle, whether absent or present, to please him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And therefore we labour, whether absent or present, to please him. |
If you do well, it will lift. But if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the doorway. Its desire is for you, but you must master it.”
these I will bring to My holy mountain, and let them rejoice in My House of Prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar. For My House will be called a House of Prayer for all nations.”
Don’t work for food that spoils, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on Him, God the Father has put the seal of approval.”
but in every nation the one who fears Him and does what is right is acceptable to Him.
For the one who serves Messiah in this manner is pleasing to God and approved by men.
For if we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
In this way I make it my aim to proclaim the Good News not where Messiah was already named, lest I build on another person’s foundation,
Therefore, my dearly loved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord—because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
Therefore we are always confident and know that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord.
We are confident, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and at home with the Lord.
to the glorious praise of His grace, with which He favored us through the One He loves!
to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God.
To this end I labor, striving with all His strength which is powerfully at work in me.
Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and appeal in the Lord Yeshua—just as you received from us the way you ought to walk and please God (as in fact you are walking)—that you keep progressing more and more.
and aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, just as we directed you—
(for to this end we work hard and strive): “We have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially those who trust.”
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude—through this we may offer worship in a manner pleasing to God, with reverence and awe.
Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall through the same pattern of disobedience.
Therefore, loved ones, while you are looking for these things, make every effort to be found in shalom, spotless and blameless before Him.