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So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to be pleasing to 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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Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him.

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18 The one who serves Christ in this way is acceptable to God and has human approval.(A)

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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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18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men.

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Final Exhortation and Doxology

14 Therefore, beloved, while you are waiting for these things, strive to be found by him at peace, without spot or blemish,(A)

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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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14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

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10 so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, as you bear fruit in every good work and as you grow in the knowledge of God.(A)

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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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10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

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

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Footnotes

  1. 4.10 Other ancient authorities read struggle

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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10 For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.

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11 Let us therefore make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall through such disobedience as theirs.

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11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.(A)

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11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

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A Life Pleasing to God

Finally, brothers and sisters, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus that, as you learned from us how you ought to live and to please God (as, in fact, you are doing), you should do so more and more.(A)

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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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Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more.

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20 Thus I make it my ambition to proclaim the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, so that I do not build on someone else’s foundation,(A)

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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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20 Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation:

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If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it.”

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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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If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

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