Colossians 3:17

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, `do' all things in the name of the Lord Jesus -- giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.

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  • 1 Cor 10:31 : 31 Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;
  • Col 3:23 : 23 and all, whatever ye may do -- out of soul work -- as to the Lord, and not to men,
  • Prov 3:6 : 6 In all thy ways know thou Him, And He doth make straight thy paths.
  • Eph 5:20 : 20 giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the God and Father;
  • 1 Pet 4:11 : 11 if any one doth speak -- `as oracles of God;' if any one doth minister -- `as of the ability which God doth supply;' that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom is the glory and the power -- to the ages of the ages. Amen.
  • Heb 13:15 : 15 through him, then, we may offer up a sacrifice of praise always to God, that is, the fruit of lips, giving thanks to His name;
  • 1 John 3:18 : 18 My little children, may we not love in word nor in tongue, but in word and in truth!
  • Mic 4:5 : 5 For all the peoples do walk, Each in the name of its god -- and we, We do walk in the name of Jehovah our God, To the age and for ever.
  • 2 Chr 31:20-21 : 20 And Hezekiah doth thus in all Judah, and doth that which is good, and that which is right, and that which is true, before Jehovah his God; 21 and in every work that he hath begun for the service of the house of God, and for the law, and for the command, to seek to his God, with all his heart he hath wrought and prospered.
  • Rom 14:6-8 : 6 He who is regarding the day, to the Lord he doth regard `it', and he who is not regarding the day, to the Lord he doth not regard `it'. He who is eating, to the Lord he doth eat, for he doth give thanks to God; and he who is not eating, to the Lord he doth not eat, and doth give thanks to God. 7 For none of us to himself doth live, and none to himself doth die; 8 for both, if we may live, to the Lord we live; if also we may die, to the Lord we die; both then if we may live, also if we may die, we are the Lord's;
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 and ye `are' a choice race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people acquired, that the excellences ye may shew forth of Him who out of darkness did call you to His wondrous light;
  • 1 Thess 5:18 : 18 in every thing give thanks, for this `is' the will of God in Christ Jesus in regard to you.
  • 1 Pet 2:5 : 5 and ye yourselves, as living stones, are built up, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
  • Acts 19:17 : 17 and this became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who are dwelling at Ephesus, and fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified,
  • Acts 4:30 : 30 in the stretching forth of Thy hand, for healing, and signs, and wonders, to come to pass through the name of Thy holy child Jesus.'
  • Matt 28:19 : 19 having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them -- to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
  • 1 Thess 4:1-2 : 1 As to the rest, then, brethren, we request you, and call upon you in the Lord Jesus, as ye did receive from us how it behoveth you to walk and to please God, that ye may abound the more, 2 for ye have known what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus,
  • Phil 1:11 : 11 being filled with the fruit of righteousness, that `is' through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
  • Col 1:12 : 12 Giving thanks to the Father who did make us meet for the participation of the inheritance of the saints in the light,
  • Col 2:7 : 7 being rooted and built up in him, and confirmed in the faith, as ye were taught -- abounding in it in thanksgiving.
  • Phil 2:11 : 11 and every tongue may confess that Jesus Christ `is' Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
  • Rom 1:8 : 8 first, indeed, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is proclaimed in the whole world;
  • 1 John 2:23 : 23 every one who is denying the Son, neither hath he the Father, `he who is confessing the Son hath the Father also.'
  • 2 Thess 2:17 : 17 comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work.
  • Heb 1:5 : 5 For to which of the messengers said He ever, `My Son thou art -- I to-day have begotten thee?' and again, `I will be to him for a father, and he shall be to Me for a son?'
  • 1 Thess 1:1 : 1 Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the assembly of Thessalonians in God the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!
  • Eph 1:17 : 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the recognition of him,

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  • Eph 5:19-20
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    19speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,

    20giving thanks always for all things, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the God and Father;

  • Col 3:22-24
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    22The servants! obey in all things those who are masters according to the flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God;

    23and all, whatever ye may do -- out of soul work -- as to the Lord, and not to men,

    24having known that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance -- for the Lord Christ ye serve;

  • 31Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

  • Col 3:15-16
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    15and let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also ye were called in one body, and become thankful.

    16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other, in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to the Lord;

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    17continually pray ye;

    18in every thing give thanks, for this `is' the will of God in Christ Jesus in regard to you.

  • Col 1:2-3
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    2to the saints in Colossae, and to the faithful brethren in Christ: Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!

    3We give thanks to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, always praying for you,

  • 18The wives! be subject to your own husbands, as is fit in the Lord;

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

  • Eph 6:6-8
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    6not with eye-service as men-pleasers, but as servants of the Christ, doing the will of God out of soul,

    7with good-will serving, as to the Lord, and not to men,

    8having known that whatever good thing each one may do, this he shall receive from the Lord, whether servant or freeman.

  • 21make you perfect in every good work to do His will, doing in you that which is well-pleasing before Him, through Jesus Christ, to whom `is' the glory -- to the ages of the ages! Amen.

  • Eph 1:16-17
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    16do not cease giving thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers,

    17that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the recognition of him,

  • 9for what thanks are we able to recompense to God for you, for all the joy with which we do joy because of you in the presence of our God?

  • 3I give thanks to my God upon all the remembrance of you,

  • 20the children! obey the parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord;

  • 14For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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    2We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers,

    3unceasingly remembering of you the work of the faith, and the labour of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father,

  • 14let all your things be done in love.

  • 2In the prayer continue ye, watching in it in thanksgiving;

  • 15for the all things `are' because of you, that the grace having been multiplied, because of the thanksgiving of the more, may abound to the glory of God;

  • 11in every thing being enriched to all liberality, which doth work through us thanksgiving to God,

  • 1 Cor 1:4-5
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    4I give thanks to my God always concerning you for the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus,

    5that in every thing ye were enriched in him, in all discourse and all knowledge,

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

    4I give thanks to my God, always making mention of thee in my prayers,

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  • 10to your walking worthily of the Lord to all pleasing, in every good work being fruitful, and increasing to the knowledge of God,

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  • Phil 2:10-11
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    10that in the name of Jesus every knee may bow -- of heavenlies, and earthlies, and what are under the earth --

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

  • 3Blessed `is' the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

  • 13forbearing one another, and forgiving each other, if any one with any one may have a quarrel, as also the Christ did forgive you -- so also ye;

  • 6for nothing be anxious, but in everything by prayer, and by supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto God;

  • 3in nothing giving any cause of offence, that the ministration may be not blamed,

  • 4also filthiness, and foolish talking, or jesting, -- the things not fit -- but rather thanksgiving;

  • 12Giving thanks to the Father who did make us meet for the participation of the inheritance of the saints in the light,

  • 3We ought to give thanks to God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because increase greatly doth your faith, and abound doth the love of each one of you all, to one another;

  • 17comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work.

  • 11being filled with the fruit of righteousness, that `is' through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

  • 15through him, then, we may offer up a sacrifice of praise always to God, that is, the fruit of lips, giving thanks to His name;

  • 18the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ `is' with you all! Amen.