World English Bible
Colossians 3:23
โAnd whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,โ
Colossians 3:23 in the King James Version
And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;Read Colossians 3:23 in the King James Version โ
Verse in context โ Colossians 3
Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged.
Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.
And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,
knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ.
But he who does wrong will receive again for the wrong that he has done, and there is no partiality.
Cross references for Colossians 3:23
- Colossians 3:17
Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.
- Ephesians 6:6-7
not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; with good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men;
- Romans 14:8
For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord's.
- 2 Chronicles 31:21
In every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
- Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
- 1 Peter 2:15
For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
- 1 Peter 2:13
Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether to the king, as supreme;
- Psalms 119:10
With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don't let me wander from your commandments.
- Romans 14:6
He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks. He who doesn't eat, to the Lord he doesn't eat, and gives God...
- 1 Peter 1:22
Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently:
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