34 Bible Verses about Working For God

In whatever you do, work wholeheartedly, as though it were for the Lord and not [just] for people,

And whatever you do, whether in [your] words or actions, do everything in the name [i.e., by the authority] of Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

Render your service wholeheartedly, as you would to the Lord, and not [just] to people,

for it is God who is at work in you, both to motivate the desire and to carry out what pleases Him.

And there are a variety of [Christian] activities, but the same God provides the power for everyone to do all of them [i.e., it is God who empowers every person who has a gift].

and one God and Father of all, who is over all and [works] through all and is in all [obedient believers].

Jesus answered them, "This is the deed that God requires: You should believe in Him whom God has sent [i.e., in Jesus]."

For we are all fellow-workers in God's service; you people are God's farm land; [you are] God's building.

[This happened when you were] buried with Christ in [the act of] immersion, from which you were also raised up with Him through [your] faith in the accomplishment of God, who raised Him up from the dead.

Then the people said to Jesus, "What must we do in order to perform the deeds that God requires?"

And we know that God works out everything for the good of those who love Him and are called [to serve Him] in harmony with His purpose [for them].

But Jesus said to them, "My Father is continuing to work and I am working."

While it is still daytime we must perform the acts of God, who sent me. Nighttime is coming, when no one can act.

This is the reason that I work hard and struggle also, using God's mighty power which is at work in me.

And there are a variety of services, but [they are rendered to] the same Lord.

[We pray for you] to live a life deserving of the Lord, pleasing to Him in every way, producing fruit in every good deed and growing in the knowledge of God.

knowing that whatever good deed a person does, he will be rewarded for it from the Lord, whether he is a slave or a free person.

for the purpose of equipping the saints [i.e., God's holy people] for the work of serving [others], in order to build up the [spiritual] body of Christ [i.e., the church].

That slave will be happy when his master returns to find him doing his job [well].

I was made a minister [of the Gospel] according to the gift of God's unearned favor, which was given to me according to the working of His power.

Be enthusiastic instead of lazy. Be fervent in your spirit [Note: Some translators take "spirit" here to refer to the "Holy Spirit"], [as you] serve the Lord.

If I am not doing my Father's deeds [i.e., miracles], do not believe me.

But I am whatever I am because of God's unearned favor, and the favor He showed me was not for nothing [i.e., Paul made the most of his conversion by being extra diligent in his service to God]. But I worked harder than all the other apostles, yet it was not I, but God's favor on me [that accomplished it].

equip you with every good deed for doing God's will. [May He] work in us [to accomplish] what is very pleasing in His sight through [the power of] Jesus Christ. May there be praise to Him forever and ever. May it be so.

We continually remember, in the presence of our God and Father, the work produced by your faith, the labor prompted by your love, and your endurance motivated by your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

so that the man of God will be thoroughly equipped for [doing] every good deed.

for your sharing [with me] in [carrying on] the work of the Gospel from the first day [I left there] until now. [See 4:14-16].

Now wages are not considered a gift if the person has to work for them, but [rather] an obligation [of his employer].

Jesus answered, "[It was] neither his sin nor his parents' [sin], but [it happened] so that the deeds of God could be seen in his life.

But Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken [in your reasoning], not knowing [what] the Scriptures [teach] or [how much] power God has.

For you have been saved by God's unearned favor, through [your] faith, and that [salvation] was not the result of your own doing; it was the gift from God.

Do not destroy God's work [i.e., someone's life] for the sake of something to eat. All foods are truly clean [ceremonially]; however, it is wrong for a person to eat something when it causes another person to fall [away from God].

For we [Christians] are the product of God's workmanship, [re-] created in [fellowship with] Christ Jesus for [the purpose of] doing good deeds. God had previously determined that this should be our practice.

For God is not [so] unjust as to forget the work you are doing and the love you have shown for Him, as you ministered to the saints [i.e., His holy people] and continue to minister [to them].