2 Corinthians 5:9

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Summary

2 Corinthians 5:9

Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

We labour

Whether

2 Corinthians 5:6

Romans 14:8

Accepted

Hebrews 12:28

Bible References

We labour

Do not labor for the food that perishes, but for that food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you. For God the Father sealed Him.

Yea, so I have been eager to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build on another man's foundation;

So then I run, not as if I were uncertain. And so I fight, not as one who beats the air.

So that, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not without fruit in the Lord.

For which I also labor, striving according to the working of Him who works in me in power.

and that you try earnestly to be quiet and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you,

Therefore let us labor to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of unbelief.

Therefore, brothers, rather be diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you do these things, you shall never fall.

Therefore, beloved, looking for these things, be diligent, spotless, and without blemish, to be found by Him in peace.

Whether

Then being always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body, we are away from home from the Lord;

For both if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore both if we live, and if we die, we are the Lord's.

Accepted

If you do well, shall you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin crouches at the door; and its desire is for you, and you shall rule over it.

even them I will bring to My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted on My altar; for My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples,

but in every nation he who fears Him and works righteousness is accepted with Him.

to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He has made us accepted in the One having been loved.

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear,