Colossians 3:24

Mutual Responsibilities In Christian Relationships

²³ Whatever you do, work at it wholeheartedly as though you were doing it for the Lord and not merely for people. ²⁴ You know that it is from the Lord that you will receive the inheritance as a reward. It is the Lord Messiah whom you are serving! ²⁵ For the person who does what is wrong will be paid back for what he has done without favoritism.

From the Lord

It is the Lord

Servants of Christ

Servants of the Lord

Serve the Lord

To the Lord

Christ

Messiah

1 Corinthians 7:22

For the slave who has been called to belong to the Lord is the Lord's free person. In the same way, the free person who has been called is the Messiah's slave.

Ephesians 6:8

because you know that everyone will receive a reward from the Lord for whatever good he has done, whether he is a slave or free.

Genesis 15:1

Some time later, a message came from the LORD to Abram in a vision. "Stop being afraid, Abram," he said. "I myself your shield am your very great reward."

Ruth 2:12

May the LORD repay you for your work, and may a full reward be given you from the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings you have come for refuge."

Proverbs 11:18

Evil people earn deceptive wages, but those who plant righteousness are truly rewarded.

Matthew 5:12

Rejoice and be extremely glad, because your reward in heaven is great! That's how they persecuted the prophets who came before you."

Matthew 5:46

If you love those who love you, what reward will you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don't they?

Matthew 6:1-2

"Be careful not to practice your righteousness in front of people in order to be noticed by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

Matthew 6:5

"And whenever you pray, don't be like the hypocrites who love to stand in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they will be seen by people. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward!

Matthew 6:16

"Whenever you fast, don't be gloomy like the hypocrites, because they put on sad faces to show others they are fasting. I tell all of you with certainty, they have their full reward!

Matthew 10:41

The one who receives a prophet as a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person as a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.

Luke 6:35

Rather, love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind even to ungrateful and evil people.

Luke 14:14

Then you will be blessed because they can't repay you. And you will be repaid when the righteous are resurrected."

John 12:26

If anyone serves me, he must follow me. And where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him."

Acts 20:32

"I'm now entrusting you to God and to the message of his grace, which is able to build you up and secure for you an inheritance among all who are sanctified.

Romans 1:1

From: Paul, a servant of Jesus the Messiah, called to be an apostle and set apart for God's gospel,

Romans 2:6-7

For he will repay everyone according to what that person has done:

Romans 4:4-5

Now to someone who works, wages are not considered a gift but an obligation.

Romans 14:18

For the person who serves the Messiah in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.

1 Corinthians 3:8

The one who plants and the one who waters have the same goal, and each will receive a reward for his own action.

1 Corinthians 9:17-18

For if I preach voluntarily, I get a reward, but if I am unwilling to do it, I am still entrusted with that obligation.

Galatians 1:10

Am I now trying to win the approval of people or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be the Messiah's servant.

Ephesians 6:6

Do not do this only while you're being watched in order to please them, but be like slaves of the Messiah, who are determined to obey God's will.

Colossians 2:18

Let no one who delights in humility and the worship of angels cheat you out of the prize by rejoicing about what he has seen. Such a person is puffed up for no reason by his carnal mind.

Hebrews 9:15

This is why the Messiah is the mediator of a new covenant; so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance promised them, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the offenses committed under the first covenant.

Hebrews 10:35

So don't lose your confidence, since it holds a great reward for you.

Hebrews 11:6

Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for whoever comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who diligently search for him.

2 Peter 1:1

From: Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus, the Messiah. To: Those who have received faith that is as valuable as ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus the Messiah.

Jude 1:1

From: Jude, a servant of Jesus the Messiah, and yet a brother of James. To: Those who have been called, who are loved by God the Father and kept safe by Jesus, the Messiah.