2 Corinthians 5:9

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So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.

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  • Heb 4:11 : 11 Let us then make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same example of disobedience.
  • 2 Pet 3:14 : 14 Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these things, make every effort to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless.
  • Heb 12:28 : 28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe,
  • 2 Pet 1:10-11 : 10 Therefore, brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election; for if you do these things, you will never stumble. 11 And in this way, your entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly provided for you.
  • Gen 4:7 : 7 'If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.'
  • Isa 56:7 : 7 'I will bring them to my holy mountain and make them joyful in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on my altar, for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.'
  • John 6:27 : 27 'Do not work for food that perishes, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on him, God the Father has set his seal of approval.'
  • Acts 10:35 : 35 but in every nation, the one who fears Him and does what is right is acceptable to Him.
  • Rom 14:8 : 8 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.
  • Rom 14:18 : 18 For anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.
  • Rom 15:20 : 20 It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.
  • 1 Cor 9:26-27 : 26 Therefore, I run with purpose in every step; I fight not like someone beating the air. 27 Rather, I discipline my body and bring it under control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
  • 2 Cor 5:6 : 6 Therefore, we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.
  • 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
  • Eph 1:6 : 6 to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved.
  • Col 1:10 : 10 so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
  • Col 1:29 : 29 To this end, I labor and struggle with all His energy, which so powerfully works within me.
  • 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Finally, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, just as you received instructions from us on how you ought to live and please God, that you would excel even more.
  • 1 Thess 4:11 : 11 And to make it your ambition to live quietly, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,
  • 1 Tim 4:10 : 10 That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

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    1 For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

    2 Meanwhile, we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling,

    3 because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.

    4 For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

    5 Now the one who has prepared us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come.

    6 Therefore, we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.

    7 (For we live by faith, not by sight.)

    8 We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

  • 2 Cor 5:10-14
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    10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

    11 Since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade others. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience.

    12 We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us, so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart.

    13 If we are out of our mind, as some say, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.

    14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.

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    11 Let such people realize that what we are in our letters while absent, we will be in our actions when present.

  • Rom 14:8
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    8 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.

  • Rom 14:18-19
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    18 For anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.

    19 So then, let us pursue what promotes peace and what builds up one another.

  • Phil 2:12
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    12 Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

  • Eph 5:10
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    10 Prove what is well-pleasing to the Lord.

  • Phil 1:10
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    10 So that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ.

  • 1 Cor 5:3
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    3 For though I am absent in body, I am present in spirit, and I have already passed judgment on the one who has committed this act, as if I were present.

  • 1 Thess 5:10
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    10 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.

  • 2 Pet 3:14
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    14 Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these things, make every effort to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless.

  • Col 1:29
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    29 To this end, I labor and struggle with all His energy, which so powerfully works within me.

  • 2 Thess 1:11
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    11 With this in mind, we constantly pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of His calling and by His power fulfill every desire for goodness and every work of faith.

  • 2 Cor 4:10-11
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    10 We always carry in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be displayed in our body.

    11 For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal bodies.

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    9 We are glad whenever we are weak but you are strong; and our prayer is that you may be fully restored.

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    11 Whether then it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

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    58 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

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  • 2 Cor 12:19
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    12 So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.

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    3 This is good and pleasing in the sight of God our Savior,

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    20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.

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    14 We know that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you.