2 Corinthians 5:9
So whether we are at home or away from home, our goal is to be pleasing to him.
Genesis 4:7
If you do what is appropriate, you'll be accepted, won't you? But if you don't do what is appropriate, sin is crouching near your doorway, turning toward you. Now as for you, will you take dominion over it?"
Isaiah 56:7
these I will bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will rise up to be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for everyone."
John 6:27
Do not work for food that perishes but for food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set his seal on him."
Acts 10:35
Indeed, whoever fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him in any nation.
Romans 14:8
If we live, we live to honor the Lord; and if we die, we die to honor the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
Romans 14:18
For the person who serves the Messiah in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people.
Romans 15:20
My one ambition is to proclaim the gospel where the name of the Messiah is not known, so I don't build on someone else's foundation.
1 Corinthians 9:26-27
That is the way I run, with a clear goal in mind. That is the way I fight, not like someone shadow boxing.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, unmovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that the work that you do for the Lord isn't wasted.
2 Corinthians 5:6
Therefore, we are always confident, and we know that as long as we are at home in this body we are away from the Lord.
2 Corinthians 5:8
We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from this body and to live with the Lord.
Ephesians 1:6
so that we would praise his glorious grace that he gave us in the Beloved One.
Colossians 1:10
so that you might live in a manner worthy of the Lord and be fully pleasing to him as you bear fruit while doing all kinds of good things and growing in the full knowledge of God.
Colossians 1:29
I work hard and struggle to do this, using the energy that he powerfully provides in me.
1 Thessalonians 4:1
Now then, brothers, you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God, as in fact you are doing. We ask and encourage you in the Lord to do so even more.
1 Thessalonians 4:11
Also, make it your goal to live quietly, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you,
1 Timothy 4:10
To this end we work hard and struggle, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, that is, of those who believe.
Hebrews 4:11
Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fail by following their example of disobedience.
Hebrews 12:28
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful and worship God in reverence and fear in a way that pleases him.
2 Peter 1:10-11
So then, my brothers, be all the more eager to make your calling and election certain, for if you keep on doing this you will never fail.
2 Peter 3:14
So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to have the Lord find you at peace and without spot or fault.