So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to (A)please him.

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So we make it our goal to please him,(A) whether we are at home in the body or away from it.

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10 so as (A)to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, (B)fully pleasing to him: (C)bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God;

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10 so that you may live a life worthy(A) of the Lord and please him(B) in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,(C)

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18 Whoever thus serves Christ is (A)acceptable to God and approved by men.

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18 because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval.(A)

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Final Words

14 (A)Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him (B)without spot or (C)blemish, and (D)at peace.

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14 So then, dear friends, since you are looking forward to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless(A) and at peace with him.

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10 For to this end we toil and strive,[a] because we have our hope set on the living God, (A)who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

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  1. 1 Timothy 4:10 Some manuscripts and suffer reproach

10 That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God,(A) who is the Savior of all people,(B) and especially of those who believe.

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11 and to aspire (A)to live quietly, and (B)to mind your own affairs, and (C)to work with your hands, as we instructed you,

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11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands,(A) just as we told you,

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(A)If you do well, will you not be accepted?[a] And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. (B)Its desire is contrary to[b] you, but you must rule over it.”

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  1. Genesis 4:7 Hebrew will there not be a lifting up [of your face]?
  2. Genesis 4:7 Or is toward

If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door;(A) it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.(B)

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10 Therefore, brothers,[a] be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and (A)election, for if you practice these qualities (B)you will never fall. 11 For in this way there will be richly provided for you (C)an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

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  1. 2 Peter 1:10 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters

10 Therefore, my brothers and sisters,[a] make every effort to confirm your calling(A) and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble,(B) 11 and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom(C) of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.(D)

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  1. 2 Peter 1:10 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family.

A Life Pleasing to God

Finally, then, brothers,[a] we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you (A)received from us (B)how you ought to walk and (C)to please God, just as you are doing, that you (D)do so more and more.

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  1. 1 Thessalonians 4:1 Or brothers and sisters; also verses 10, 13

Living to Please God

As for other matters, brothers and sisters,(A) we instructed you how to live(B) in order to please God,(C) as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more.

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58 (A)Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in (B)the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord (C)your labor is not in vain.

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58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord,(A) because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.(B)

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26 So I do not run aimlessly; I (A)do not box as one (B)beating the air. 27 But I discipline my body and (C)keep it under control,[a] lest after preaching to others (D)I myself should be (E)disqualified.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 9:27 Greek I pummel my body and make it a slave

26 Therefore I do not run like someone running aimlessly;(A) I do not fight like a boxer beating the air.(B) 27 No, I strike a blow to my body(C) and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize.(D)

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20 and thus I make it my ambition to preach the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, (A)lest I build on someone else's foundation,

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20 It has always been my ambition to preach the gospel(A) where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.(B)

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For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, (A)whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.

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If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.(A)

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