2 Corinthians 5:9
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9 So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to (A)please him.
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Colossians 1:10
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10 so as (A)to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, (B)fully pleasing to him: (C)bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;
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Romans 14:18
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18 Whoever thus serves Christ is (A)acceptable to God and approved by men.
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2 Peter 3:14
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14 (A)Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him (B)without spot or (C)blemish, and (D)at peace.
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1 Timothy 4:10
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10 For to this end we toil and strive,[a] because we have our hope set on the living God, (A)who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.
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- 1 Timothy 4:10 Some manuscripts and suffer reproach
1 Thessalonians 4:11
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11 and to aspire (A)to live quietly, and (B)to mind your own affairs, and (C)to work with your hands, as we instructed you,
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Genesis 4:7
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7 (A)If you do well, will you not be accepted?[a] And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. (B)Its desire is contrary to[b] you, but you must rule over it.”
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- Genesis 4:7 Hebrew will there not be a lifting up [of your face]?
- Genesis 4:7 Or is toward
2 Peter 1:10-11
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10 Therefore, brothers,[a] be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and (A)election, for if you practice these qualities (B)you will never fall. 11 For in this way there will be richly provided for you (C)an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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- 2 Peter 1:10 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters
1 Thessalonians 4:1
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A Life Pleasing to God
4 Finally, then, brothers,[a] we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you (A)received from us (B)how you ought to walk and (C)to please God, just as you are doing, that you (D)do so more and more.
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- 1 Thessalonians 4:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 10, 13
1 Corinthians 15:58
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58 (A)Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in (B)the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord (C)your labor is not in vain.
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1 Corinthians 9:26-27
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26 So I do not run aimlessly; I (A)do not box as one (B)beating the air. 27 But I discipline my body and (C)keep it under control,[a] lest after preaching to others (D)I myself should be (E)disqualified.
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- 1 Corinthians 9:27 Greek I pummel my body and make it a slave
Romans 15:20
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20 and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, (A)lest I build on someone else's foundation,
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Romans 14:8
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8 For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, (A)whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.
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Acts 10:35
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35 but (A)in every nation anyone who fears him and (B)does what is right is acceptable to him.
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Isaiah 56:7
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7 (A)these I will bring to (B)my holy mountain,
and make them joyful in my house of prayer;
(C)their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
will be accepted on my altar;
for (D)my house shall be called a house of prayer
for all peoples.”
Hebrews 12:28
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28 Therefore let us be grateful for receiving (A)a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus (B)let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,
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Hebrews 4:11
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11 Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so (A)that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.
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Colossians 1:29
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29 For this (A)I toil, (B)struggling (C)with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.
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2 Corinthians 5:8
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8 Yes, we are of good courage, and we (A)would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
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2 Corinthians 5:6
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6 So we are always of good courage. We know that (A)while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord,
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Ephesians 1:6
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6 (A)to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in (B)the Beloved.
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