Colossians 3:23

World English Bible (2000)

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

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Referenced Verses

  • Col 3:17 : 17 Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.
  • Eph 6:6-7 : 6 not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; 7 with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;
  • Rom 14:8 : 8 For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord's.
  • Eccl 9:10 : 10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
  • 1 Pet 2:15 : 15 For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
  • 1 Pet 2:13 : 13 Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme;
  • 2 Chr 31:21 : 21 In every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
  • Ps 119:34 : 34 Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.
  • Rom 14:6 : 6 He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks. He who doesn't eat, to the Lord he doesn't eat, and gives God thanks.
  • 1 Pet 1:22 : 22 Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently:
  • Ps 119:145 : 145 I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.
  • Jer 3:10 : 10 Yet for all this her treacherous sister, Judah, has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretense," says Yahweh.
  • Zech 7:5-7 : 5 "Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, 'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, did you at all fast to me, really to me? 6 When you eat, and when you drink, don't you eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? 7 Aren't these the words which Yahweh proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and its cities around her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?'"
  • Matt 6:16 : 16 "Moreover when you fast, don't be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
  • Ps 119:10 : 10 With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don't let me wander from your commandments.
  • Ps 103:1 : 1 Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!
  • Ps 47:6-7 : 6 Sing praise to God, sing praises. Sing praises to our King, sing praises. 7 For God is the King of all the earth. Sing praises with understanding.
  • Eph 5:22 : 22 Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.

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    5 Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ;

    6 not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

    7 with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;

    8 knowing that whatever good thing each one does, he will receive the same again from the Lord, whether he is bound or free.

    9 You masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with him.

  • Col 3:22
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    22 Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.

  • Col 3:15-18
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    15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

    16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.

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

    18 Wives, be in subjection to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

  • Col 3:24-25
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    24 knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.

    25 But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.

  • 1 Cor 10:31
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    31 Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

  • Titus 2:9-10
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    9 Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well-pleasing in all things; not contradicting;

    10 not stealing, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior, in all things.

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    1 Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

  • Col 3:20
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    20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.

  • Rom 12:11
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    11 not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

  • 1 Pet 2:16
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    16 as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as bondservants of God.

  • 3 John 1:5
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    5 Beloved, you do a faithful work in whatever you accomplish for those who are brothers and strangers.

  • 1 Tim 6:1-2
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    1 Let as many as are bondservants under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and the doctrine not be blasphemed.

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  • 2 Cor 8:21
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    21 Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

  • Heb 13:21
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    21 make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

  • 1 Cor 7:23
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    23 You were bought with a price. Don't become bondservants of men.

  • 2 Thess 3:13
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    13 But you, brothers, don't be weary in doing well.

  • 1 Cor 15:58
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    58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

  • Matt 23:3
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    10 So then, as we have opportunity, let's do what is good toward all men, and especially toward those who are of the household of the faith.

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    16 Don't you know that to whom you present yourselves as servants to obedience, his servants you are whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

  • 2 Thess 3:5
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    5 May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.

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    18 For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.

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    10 For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

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    23 Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done exactly for the house of the God of heaven; for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?

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    18 Servants, be in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wicked.

  • Col 1:29
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    29 for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.

  • Phil 2:12-13
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    12 So then, my beloved, even 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.

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  • 1 Cor 16:14
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    14 Let all that you do be done in love.

  • Luke 6:31
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    3 We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed,

  • 1 Cor 16:16
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    16 that you also be in subjection to such, and to everyone who helps in the work and labors.

  • 1 Thess 1:3
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    3 remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

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    3 Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.

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    11 But now complete the doing also, that as there was the readiness to be willing, so there may be the completion also out of your ability.

  • Eccl 9:10
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    10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

  • 1 Cor 3:23
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    23 and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's.