2 Corinthians 5:9
So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to please him.
John 6:27
Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you; for on him has God the Father set his seal."
Acts 10:35
but in every nation the man who fears him and does what is right is welcome to him.
Romans 14:8
If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.
Romans 14:18
he who serves Christ in this way is acceptable to God and approved by men.
Romans 15:20
And so I have made it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, lest I build on another man's foundation,
1 Corinthians 9:26-27
Therefore I do not run aimlessly. I do not box as a man beating the air.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:6
Therefore we are always of good courage; and we know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord,
2 Corinthians 5:8
We are confident, I say, and would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.
Ephesians 1:6
to the praise of his glorious grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved.
Colossians 1:10
so that you will live a life worthy of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.
Colossians 1:29
For this end I labor, striving with all his energy, which so mightily works within me.
1 Thessalonians 4:1
Finally, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God, just as you are doing, you do so more and more.
1 Thessalonians 4:11
Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you,
1 Timothy 4:10
For to this end we labor and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.
Hebrews 4:11
Therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same example of disobedience.
Hebrews 12:28
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and offer to God acceptable worship with reverence and awe,
2 Peter 1:10-11
Therefore, brethren, be all the more eager to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never fall;
2 Peter 3:14
Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by him in peace, spotless and blameless.