Colossians 3:24

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Knowing that you will receive the reward of your inheritance from the Lord, serve the Lord Christ.

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  • 1 Cor 7:22 : 22 For the one who was called as a slave in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person; in the same way, the one who was called while free is Christ’s slave.
  • Eph 6:8 : 8 knowing that whatever good thing each one does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether slave or free.
  • Acts 20:32 : 32 And now, I entrust you, brothers, to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.
  • Rom 1:1 : 1 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
  • Rom 2:6-7 : 6 He will repay each person according to their deeds. 7 To those who seek glory, honor, and immortality by persistence in doing good, He will give eternal life.
  • Rom 4:4-5 : 4 Now to the one who works, wages are not counted as a gift but as an obligation. 5 But to the one who does not work but believes in the one who justifies the ungodly, their faith is credited as righteousness.
  • Rom 14:18 : 18 For anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.
  • 1 Cor 3:8 : 8 The one who plants and the one who waters are one, and each will receive their reward according to their own labor.
  • 1 Cor 9:17-18 : 17 If I do this willingly, I have a reward. But if unwillingly, I am simply entrusted with a responsibility. 18 What then is my reward? It is that when I preach the gospel, I may offer it free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel.
  • Gal 1:10 : 10 For am I now trying to win the approval of people, or of God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.
  • Eph 6:6 : 6 Do not work only while being watched, as people-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.
  • Gen 15:1 : 1 After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, and your reward will be very great."
  • Ruth 2:12 : 12 May the LORD reward you for what you have done. May you receive a full reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.
  • Prov 11:18 : 18 The wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness receives a sure reward.
  • Matt 5:12 : 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
  • Matt 5:46 : 46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?
  • Matt 6:1-2 : 1 Be careful not to practice your acts of charity before others to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. 2 So, when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by others. Truly, I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
  • Matt 6:5 : 5 And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly, I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
  • Matt 6:16 : 16 When you fast, do not look somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly, I tell you, they have received their reward in full.
  • Matt 10:41 : 41 Whoever welcomes a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.
  • Luke 6:35 : 35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend without expecting anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
  • Luke 14:14 : 14 And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.
  • John 12:26 : 26 If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me. And where I am, there My servant also will be. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
  • Col 2:18 : 18 Let no one disqualify you by delighting in false humility and the worship of angels, dwelling on things he has not seen, being puffed up without reason by his fleshly mind.
  • Heb 9:15 : 15 Therefore, Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance—now that He has died as a ransom to set them free from the sins committed under the first covenant.
  • Heb 10:35 : 35 So do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
  • Heb 11:6 : 6 And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for whoever comes to God must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
  • 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained a faith of equal value with ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ:
  • Jude 1:1 : 1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, to those who are called, loved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ.

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