Work not for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides unto everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give to you; for upon Him God the Father has set His seal."
2 Corinthians 5:9 - English Majority Text Version Therefore also we have as our ambition, whether being at home, or being away from home, to be well pleasing to Him. Higit pang mga bersyonKing 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. |
Work not for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides unto everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give to you; for upon Him God the Father has set His seal."
But in every nation, he that fears Him and works righteousness is acceptable to Him.
For he that serves Christ in these things is well pleasing to God and approved by men.
For whether we live, we live to the Lord; and whether we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live, or whether we die, we are the Lord's.
And so eagerly striving to evangelize not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon the foundation of another,
So then, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
Therefore always being confident, and knowing that while we are in the body, we are away from home from the Lord
but we are confident and prefer rather to be away from home from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He bestowed favor upon us in the Beloved.
that you should walk worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit and increasing in the full knowledge of God;
for which I also labor, striving according to His working which is working in me with power.
Finally then, brothers, we request of you and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, that you should abound more.
and that you aspire to be quiet, and to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, just as we commanded you,
For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers.
Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us have grace, through which we serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.
Therefore let us be diligent to enter into that rest, lest anyone falls in the same example of disobedience.
Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot or blemish;