Why we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. Treasury of Scripture we labour. or, we endeavour. John 6:27 Labor not for the meat which perishes, but for that meat which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give to you... Romans 15:20 Yes, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build on another man's foundation: 1 Corinthians 9:26,27 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beats the air... 1 Corinthians 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be you steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord... Colossians 1:29 Whereunto I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily. 1 Thessalonians 4:11 And that you study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; *Gr: 1 Timothy 4:10 For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men... Hebrews 4:11 Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. 2 Peter 1:10,11 Why the rather, brothers, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if you do these things, you shall never fall... 2 Peter 3:14 Why, beloved, seeing that you look for such things, be diligent that you may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. whether. See on ver. 2 Corinthians 5:6,8 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord... Romans 14:8 For whether we live, we live to the Lord; and whether we die, we die to the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. accepted. Genesis 4:7 If you do well, shall you not be accepted? and if you do not well, sin lies at the door. And to you shall be his desire... Isaiah 56:7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer... Acts 10:35 But in every nation he that fears him, and works righteousness, is accepted with him. Ephesians 1:6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he has made us accepted in the beloved. Hebrews 12:28 Why we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
Context Our Eternal Dwelling
1For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed on with our house which is from heaven: 3If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. 4For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed on, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. 5Now he that has worked us for the selfsame thing is God, who also has given to us the earnest of the Spirit. 6Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: 7(For we walk by faith, not by sight:) 8We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. 9Why we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. 10For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he has done, whether it be good or bad. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
Wherefore also we make it our aim, whether at home or absent, to be well-pleasing unto him.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And therefore we labour, whether absent or present, to please him.
Darby Bible Translation
Wherefore also we are zealous, whether present or absent, to be agreeable to him.
King James Bible
Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.
Young's Literal Translation
Wherefore also we are ambitious, whether at home or away from home, to be well pleasing to him,
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