Colossians 3:17

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

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  • 1 Cor 10:31 : 31 So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.
  • Col 3:23 : 23 Whatever you are doing, work at it with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not for people,
  • Prov 3:6 : 6 Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight.
  • Eph 5:20 : 20 always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • 1 Pet 4:11 : 11 Whoever speaks, let it be with God’s words. Whoever serves, do so with the strength that God supplies, so that in everything God will be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
  • Heb 13:15 : 15 Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.
  • 1 John 3:18 : 18 Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth.
  • Mic 4:5 : 5 Though all the nations follow their respective gods, we will follow the LORD our God forever.
  • 2 Chr 31:20-21 : 20 This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the LORD his God considered good and right and faithful. 21 He wholeheartedly and successfully reinstituted service in God’s temple and obedience to the law, in order to follow his God.
  • Rom 14:6-8 : 6 The one who observes the day does it for the Lord. The one who eats, eats for the Lord because he gives thanks to God, and the one who abstains from eating abstains for the Lord, and he gives thanks to God. 7 For none of us lives for himself and none dies for himself. 8 If we live, we live for the Lord; if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
  • 1 Thess 5:18 : 18 in everything give thanks. For this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
  • 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
  • Acts 19:17 : 17 This became known to all who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks; fear came over them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was praised.
  • Acts 4:30 : 30 while you extend your hand to heal, and to bring about miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
  • Matt 28:19 : 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
  • 1 Thess 4:1-2 : 1 A Life Pleasing to God Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God(as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more. 2 For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
  • Phil 1:11 : 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.
  • Col 1:12 : 12 giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light.
  • Col 2:7 : 7 rooted and built up in him and firm in your faith just as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
  • Phil 2:11 : 11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.
  • Rom 1:8 : 8 Paul’s Desire to Visit Rome First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world.
  • 1 John 2:23 : 23 Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either. The person who confesses the Son has the Father also.
  • 2 Thess 2:17 : 17 encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good thing you do or say.
  • Heb 1:5 : 5 The Son Is Superior to Angels For to which of the angels did God ever say,“You are my son! Today I have fathered you”? And in another place he says,“I will be his father and he will be my son.”
  • 1 Thess 1:1 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace and peace to you!
  • Eph 1:17 : 17 I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, will give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him,

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    19speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord,

    20always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

  • Col 3:22-24
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    22Slaves, obey your earthly masters in every respect, not only when they are watching– like those who are strictly people-pleasers– but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord.

    23Whatever you are doing, work at it with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not for people,

    24because you know that you will receive your inheritance from the Lord as the reward. Serve the Lord Christ.

  • 1 Cor 10:31
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    31So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God.

  • Col 3:15-16
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    15Let the peace of Christ be in control in your heart(for you were in fact called as one body to this peace), and be thankful.

    16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God.

  • 1 Thess 5:17-18
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    17constantly pray,

    18in everything give thanks. For this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

  • Col 1:2-3
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    2to the saints, the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ, at Colossae. Grace and peace to you from God our Father!

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    18Exhortation to Households Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

  • 2 Thess 1:12
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    12that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Eph 6:6-8
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    6not like those who do their work only when someone is watching– as people-pleasers– but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart.

    7Obey with enthusiasm, as though serving the Lord and not people,

    8because you know that each person, whether slave or free, if he does something good, this will be rewarded by the Lord.

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    21equip you with every good thing to do his will, working in us what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Amen.

  • Eph 1:16-17
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    16I do not cease to give thanks for you when I remember you in my prayers.

    17I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, will give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him,

  • 1 Thess 3:9
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    9For how can we thank God enough for you, for all the joy we feel because of you before our God?

  • Phil 1:3
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    3Prayer for the Church I thank my God every time I remember you.

  • Col 3:20
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    20Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing in the Lord.

  • Eph 3:14
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    14Prayer for Strengthened Love For this reason I kneel before the Father,

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    2Thanksgiving for Response to the Gospel We thank God always for all of you as we mention you constantly in our prayers,

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    14Everything you do should be done in love.

  • Col 4:2
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    2Exhortation to Pray for the Success of Paul’s Mission Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.

  • 2 Cor 4:15
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    15For all these things are for your sake, so that the grace that is including more and more people may cause thanksgiving to increase to the glory of God.

  • 2 Cor 9:11
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    4Thanksgiving I always thank my God for you because of the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus.

    5For you were made rich in every way in him, in all your speech and in every kind of knowledge–

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    3Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!

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  • Col 2:7
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    7rooted and built up in him and firm in your faith just as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

  • Col 1:10
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    10so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects– bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,

  • Rom 15:6
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    6so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Phil 2:10-11
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    10so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow– in heaven and on earth and under the earth–

    11and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father.

  • Eph 1:3
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    3Spiritual Blessings in Christ Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.

  • Col 3:13
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    13bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others.

  • Phil 4:6
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    6Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God.

  • 2 Cor 6:3
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    3We do not give anyone an occasion for taking an offense in anything, so that no fault may be found with our ministry.

  • Eph 5:4
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    4Neither should there be vulgar speech, foolish talk, or coarse jesting– all of which are out of character– but rather thanksgiving.

  • Col 1:12
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    12giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light.

  • 2 Thess 1:3
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    3Thanksgiving We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater.

  • 2 Thess 2:17
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    17encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good thing you do or say.

  • Phil 1:11
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    11filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

  • Heb 13:15
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    15Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.

  • 2 Thess 3:18
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    18The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.