Ephesians 5:10

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trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.

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  • Rom 12:1-2 : 1 Consecration of the Believer’s Life Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice– alive, holy, and pleasing to God– which is your reasonable service. 2 Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God– what is good and well-pleasing and perfect.
  • Heb 12:28 : 28 So since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us give thanks, and through this let us offer worship pleasing to God in devotion and awe.
  • 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.
  • 1 Pet 2:20 : 20 For what credit is it if you sin and are mistreated and endure it? But if you do good and suffer and so endure, this finds favor with God.
  • Rom 14:18 : 18 For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.
  • Phil 1:10 : 10 so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,
  • Phil 4:18 : 18 For I have received everything, and I have plenty. I have all I need because I received from Epaphroditus what you sent– a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, very pleasing to God.
  • 1 Thess 5:21 : 21 But examine all things; hold fast to what is good.
  • 1 Tim 2:3 : 3 Such prayer for all is good and welcomed before God our Savior,
  • 1 Tim 5:4 : 4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to fulfill their duty toward their own household and so repay their parents what is owed them. For this is what pleases God.
  • 1 Sam 17:39 : 39 David strapped on his sword over his fighting attire and tried to walk around, but he was not used to them. David said to Saul,“I can’t walk in these things, for I’m not used to them.” So David removed them.
  • Ps 19:14 : 14 May my words and my thoughts be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my sheltering rock and my redeemer.
  • Prov 21:3 : 3 To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
  • Isa 58:5 : 5 Is this really the kind of fasting I want? Do I want a day when people merely humble themselves, bowing their heads like a reed and stretching out on sackcloth and ashes? Is this really what you call a fast, a day that is pleasing to the LORD?
  • Jer 6:20 : 20 I take no delight when they offer up to me frankincense that comes from Sheba or sweet-smelling cane imported from a faraway land. I cannot accept the burnt offerings they bring me. I get no pleasure from the sacrifices they offer to me.’

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    11Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

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    20Do not treat prophecies with contempt.

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    18For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.

    19So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another.

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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,

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    20So then, you will recognize them by their fruit.

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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.

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    2Now we know that God’s judgment is in accordance with truth against those who practice such things.

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    5and every arrogant obstacle that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey Christ.

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    20Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing in the Lord.

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    18For it is not the person who commends himself who is approved, but the person the Lord commends.

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    7Now we pray to God that you may not do anything wrong, not so that we may appear to have passed the test, but so that you may do what is right even if we may appear to have failed the test.