2 Corinthians 5:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

Therefore we strive, that whether present or absent, we may be pleasing to him.

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  • Heb 4:11 : 11 Let us therefore labor to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of unbelief.
  • 2 Pet 3:14 : 14 Therefore, beloved, seeing that you look for such things, be diligent that you may be found by him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
  • Heb 12:28 : 28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
  • 2 Pet 1:10-11 : 10 Therefore, brethren, be diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you do these things, you shall never fall: 11 For so an entrance will be provided to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
  • Gen 4:7 : 7 If you do well, shall you not be accepted? and if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And unto you shall be his desire, and you shall rule over him.
  • Isa 56:7 : 7 Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all people.
  • John 6:27 : 27 Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man shall give to you: for him God the Father has sealed.
  • Acts 10:35 : 35 But in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is accepted by him.
  • Rom 14:8 : 8 For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
  • Rom 14:18 : 18 For anyone who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.
  • Rom 15:20 : 20 Yes, I have made it my aim to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build on another man's foundation:
  • 1 Cor 9:26-27 : 26 Therefore I run, not with uncertainty; thus I fight, not as one who beats the air. 27 But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest when I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.
  • 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
  • 2 Cor 5:6 : 6 Therefore we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:
  • 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 We are confident, I say, and prefer to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.
  • Eph 1:6 : 6 To the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.
  • Col 1:10 : 10 That you might walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing him, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;
  • Col 1:29 : 29 To this end I also labor, striving according to his working, which works mightily in me.
  • 1 Thess 4:1 : 1 Furthermore, then, we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, so you would abound more and more.
  • 1 Thess 4:11 : 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;
  • 1 Tim 4:10 : 10 For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

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    12 For we do not commend ourselves again to you, but give you an opportunity to boast on our behalf, so that you may have an answer for those who boast in appearance and not in heart.

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