2 Corinthians 5:9

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For this reason we make it our purpose, in the body or away from it, to be well-pleasing to him.

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  • Heb 4:11 : 11 Because of this, let us have a strong desire to come into that rest, and let no one go after the example of those who went against God's orders.
  • 2 Pet 3:14 : 14 For this reason, my loved ones, as you are looking for these things, take great care that when he comes you may be in peace before him, free from sin and every evil thing.
  • Heb 12:28 : 28 If then, we have a kingdom which will never be moved, let us have grace, so that we may give God such worship as is pleasing to him with fear and respect:
  • 2 Pet 1:10-11 : 10 For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall: 11 For so the way will be open to you into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
  • Gen 4:7 : 7 If you do well, will you not have honour? and if you do wrong, sin is waiting at the door, desiring to have you, but do not let it be your master.
  • Isa 56:7 : 7 I will make them come to my holy mountain, and will give them joy in my house of prayer; I will take pleasure in the burned offerings which they make on my altar: for my house will be named a house of prayer for all peoples.
  • John 6:27 : 27 Let your work not be for the food which comes to an end, but for the food which goes on for eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you, for on him has God the Father put his mark.
  • Acts 10:35 : 35 But in every nation, the man who has fear of him and does righteousness is pleasing to him.
  • Rom 14:8 : 8 As long as we have life we are living to the Lord; or if we give up our life it is to the Lord; so if we are living, or if our life comes to an end, we are the Lord's.
  • Rom 14:18 : 18 And he who in these things is Christ's servant, is pleasing to God and has the approval of men.
  • Rom 15:20 : 20 Making it my purpose not to take the good news where Christ was named, so that my work might not be resting on that of others;
  • 1 Cor 9:26-27 : 26 So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air: 27 But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 For this cause, my dear brothers, be strong in purpose and unmoved, ever giving yourselves to the work of the Lord, because you are certain that your work is not without effect in the Lord.
  • 2 Cor 5:6 : 6 So, then, we are ever without fear, and though conscious that while we are in the body we are away from the Lord,
  • 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 We are without fear, desiring to be free from the body, and to be with the Lord.
  • Eph 1:6 : 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:
  • Col 1:10 : 10 Living uprightly in the approval of the Lord, giving fruit in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
  • Col 1:29 : 29 And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.
  • 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 And last of all, the prayer which we make to you from our heart and in the name of the Lord Jesus, is this: that as we made clear to you what sort of behaviour is pleasing to God, as in fact you are doing now, so you will go on in these ways, but more and more.
  • 1 Thess 4:11 : 11 And that you may take pride in being quiet and doing your business, working with your hands as we gave you orders;
  • 1 Tim 4:10 : 10 And this is the purpose of all our work and our fighting, because our hope is in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, and specially of those who have faith.

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    1For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven.

    2For in this we are crying in weariness, greatly desiring to be clothed with our house from heaven:

    3So that our spirits may not be unclothed.

    4For truly, we who are in this tent do give out cries of weariness, for the weight of care which is on us; not because we are desiring to be free from the body, but so that we may have our new body, and death may be overcome by life.

    5Now he who has made us for this very thing is God, who has given us the Spirit as a witness of what is to come.

    6So, then, we are ever without fear, and though conscious that while we are in the body we are away from the Lord,

    7(For we are walking by faith, not by seeing,)

    8We are without fear, desiring to be free from the body, and to be with the Lord.

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    10For we all have to come before Christ to be judged; so that every one of us may get his reward for the things done in the body, good or bad.

    11Having in mind, then, the fear of the Lord, we put these things before men, but God sees our hearts; and it is my hope that we may seem right in your eyes.

    12We are not again requesting your approval, but we are giving you the chance of taking pride in us, so that you may be able to give an answer to those whose glory is in seeming, and not in the heart.

    13For if we are foolish, it is to God; or if we are serious, it is for you.

    14For it is the love of Christ which is moving us; because we are of the opinion that if one was put to death for all, then all have undergone death;

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    11Let those who say this keep in mind that, what we are in word by letters when we are away, so will we be in act when we are present.

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    8As long as we have life we are living to the Lord; or if we give up our life it is to the Lord; so if we are living, or if our life comes to an end, we are the Lord's.

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    18And he who in these things is Christ's servant, is pleasing to God and has the approval of men.

    19So then, let us go after the things which make peace, and the things by which we may be a help to one another.

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    12So then, my loved ones, as you have at all times done what I say, not only when I am present, but now much more when I am not with you, give yourselves to working out your salvation with fear in your hearts;

  • Eph 5:10
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    10Testing by experience what is well-pleasing to the Lord;

  • Phil 1:10
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    10So that you may give your approval to the best things; that you may be true and without wrongdoing till the day of Christ;

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    3For I myself, being present in spirit though not in body, have come to a decision about him who has done this thing;

  • 1 Thess 5:10
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    10Who was put to death for us, so that, awake or sleeping, we may have a part in his life.

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    14For this reason, my loved ones, as you are looking for these things, take great care that when he comes you may be in peace before him, free from sin and every evil thing.

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    29And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.

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    10In our bodies there is ever the mark of the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies.

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    14I go forward to the mark, even the reward of the high purpose of God in Christ Jesus.

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    7Now our prayer to God is that you may do no evil; not in order that it may be put to our credit, but so that you may do what is right, whatever we may seem.

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    11If in any way I may have the reward of life from the dead.

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    12So every one of us will have to give an account of himself to God.

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    3This is good and pleasing in the eyes of God our Saviour;

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    9And for the same reason I sent you a letter so that I might be certain of your desire to do my orders in all things.

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    20So we are the representatives of Christ, as if God was making a request to you through us: we make our request to you, in the name of Christ, be at peace with God.

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    14Because we are certain that he who made the Lord Jesus come back from the dead, will do the same for us, and will give us a place in his glory with you.