17 And (A)whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, (B)giving thanks to God the Father through him.

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17 And whatever you do,(A) whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks(B) to God the Father through him.

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31 So, whether you eat or drink, or (A)whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

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31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.(A)

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23 (A)Whatever you do, work heartily, (B)as for the Lord and not for men,

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23 Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,

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In all your ways (A)acknowledge him,
    and he (B)will make straight your paths.

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in all your ways submit to him,
    and he will make your paths(A) straight.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:6 Or will direct your paths

20 (A)giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father (B)in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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20 always giving thanks(A) to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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20 Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, (A)and he did what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God. 21 And every work that he undertook in the service of the house of God and in accordance with the law and the commandments, seeking his God, he did with all his heart, and prospered.

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20 This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah, doing what was good and right and faithful(A) before the Lord his God. 21 In everything that he undertook in the service of God’s temple and in obedience to the law and the commands, he sought his God and worked wholeheartedly. And so he prospered.(B)

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11 whoever speaks, as one who speaks (A)oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves (B)by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything (C)God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. (D)To him belong glory and (E)dominion forever and ever. Amen.

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11 If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God.(A) If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides,(B) so that in all things God may be praised(C) through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power for ever and ever. Amen.(D)

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15 (A)Through him then let us continually offer up (B)a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, (C)the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.

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15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice(A) of praise—the fruit of lips(B) that openly profess his name.

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But you are (A)a chosen race, (B)a royal (C)priesthood, (D)a holy nation, (E)a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you (F)out of darkness into (G)his marvelous light.

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But you are a chosen people,(A) a royal priesthood,(B) a holy nation,(C) God’s special possession,(D) that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.(E)

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(A)you yourselves like living stones are being built up as (B)a spiritual house, to be (C)a holy priesthood, (D)to offer spiritual sacrifices (E)acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

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you also, like living stones, are being built(A) into a spiritual house[a](B) to be a holy priesthood,(C) offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:5 Or into a temple of the Spirit

18 (A)give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

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18 give thanks in all circumstances;(A) for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

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The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since (A)he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God. For (B)none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, (C)whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.

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Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God;(A) and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. For none of us lives for ourselves alone,(B) and none of us dies for ourselves alone. 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.(C)

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For (A)all the peoples walk
    each in the name of its god,
but (B)we will walk in the name of the Lord our God
    forever and ever.

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All the nations may walk
    in the name of their gods,(A)
but we will walk in the name of the Lord
    our God for ever and ever.(B)

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