Colossians 3:24

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Colossians 3:24

Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

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Let no man condemn you, from an affectation of humility, in worshipping of Angels, boldly prying into matters which he knows nothing of, being vainly puft up with his Jewish conceits:

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great will be your reward in heaven: for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Take care not to perform any religious act in order to be observed by men: otherwise you will have no reward from your father who is in heaven.

he that receives a prophet in quality of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receives a just man, as such, shall receive the reward of the just.

but as for you, love your enemies, do good, and lend without expecting any advantage from it: so shall your reward be great, in acting like the children of the most high: for he is kind to the most ungrateful wretches.

and you shall be happy in not receiving a requital: for you shall be recompenc'd at the resurrection of the just.

who will render to every man according to his actions: eternal life to those,

the reward is not counted as a favour to him that has done good actions, but as a debt:

he that planteth, and he that watereth, have the same design: and each shall receive his proper reward, in proportion to his own labour.

now if I do this willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, it is a dispensation of trust which must be discharged.

and not to men: considering that whatever good any man doth, he shall be rewarded for it by the Lord, whether he be a slave or free.

and for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that, the transgressions that were unexpiated by the first testament, being expiated by his death, they who are called might receive the eternal inheritance, which was promised.

don't therefore quit that resolution you have, which will be attended with so great a reward.

now without faith it is impossible to be acceptable to him: for he that presents himself to God, cannot but believe he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who make their addresses to him.

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if any man would serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there also shall my servant be: whoever serves me, him will my father reward.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, chosen to declare the gospel dispensation,

for he that thus pays his allegiance to Christ, is acceptable to God, and approved of men.

for the slave that turns christian, is the Lord's freedman: likewise, the freeman that becomes a convert is Christ's servant.

for do I now act in obedience to men, or to God? or do I seek to please men? if I had hitherto pleased men, I should not have been the servant of Christ.

not doing your work meerly out of regard to their presence or their pleasure, but as the servants of Christ, in hearty obedience to the will of God:

Simon Peter the servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who equally share with us in the advantages of faith, thro' the veracity of our God, and of Jesus Christ.

Jude the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those that are sanctified by God the father, and by their vocation are reserved for Jesus Christ.