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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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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not by the way of eye-service, as (A)people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man,

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Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ,(A) doing the will of God from your heart. Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people,(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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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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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.(A)

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10 Whatever your hand finds to do, (A)do it with your might,[a] (B)for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

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Footnotes

  1. Ecclesiastes 9:10 Or finds to do with your might, do it

10 Whatever(A) your hand finds to do, do it with all your might,(B) for in the realm of the dead,(C) where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom.(D)

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15 For this is the will of God, (A)that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.

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15 For it is God’s will(A) that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.(B)

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Submission to Authority

13 (A)Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution,[a] whether it be to the emperor[b] as supreme,

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  1. 1 Peter 2:13 Or every institution ordained for people
  2. 1 Peter 2:13 Or king; also verse 17

13 Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human authority:(A) whether to the emperor, as the supreme authority,

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10 (A)With my whole heart I seek you;
    let me not (B)wander from your commandments!

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10 I seek you with all my heart;(A)
    do not let me stray from your commands.(B)

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22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for (A)a sincere brotherly love, (B)love one another earnestly from a pure heart,

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22 Now that you have purified(A) yourselves by obeying(B) the truth so that you have sincere love for each other, love one another deeply,(C) from the heart.[a]

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  1. 1 Peter 1:22 Some early manuscripts from a pure heart

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.

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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.

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34 (A)Give me understanding, that I may keep your law
    and observe it with my whole heart.

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34 Give me understanding,(A) so that I may keep your law(B)
    and obey it with all my heart.(C)

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10 Yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to me (A)with her whole heart, but in pretense, declares the Lord.”

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10 In spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return(A) to me with all her heart, but only in pretense,(B)” declares the Lord.(C)

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