24 (A)knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; (B)for[a] you serve the Lord Christ.

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  1. Colossians 3:24 NU omits for

24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance(A) from the Lord as a reward.(B) It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

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(A)knowing that whatever good anyone does, he will receive the same from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free.

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because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do,(A) whether they are slave or free.

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14 And you will be (A)blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just.”

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14 and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”(A)

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22 For he who is called in the Lord while a slave is (A)the Lord’s freedman. Likewise he who is called while free is (B)Christ’s slave.

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22 For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord’s freed person;(A) similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ’s slave.(B)

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(A)not with eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

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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.

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10 For (A)do I now (B)persuade men, or God? Or (C)do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.

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10 Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people?(A) If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

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32 “So now, brethren, I commend you to God and (A)to the word of His grace, which is able (B)to build you up and give you (C)an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

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32 “Now I commit you to God(A) and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance(B) among all those who are sanctified.(C)

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But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

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And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him(A) must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

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35 Therefore do not cast away your confidence, (A)which has great reward.

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35 So do not throw away your confidence;(A) it will be richly rewarded.

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46 (A)For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

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46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get?(A) Are not even the tax collectors doing that?

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12 (A)Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for (B)so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

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12 Rejoice and be glad,(A) because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.(B)

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18 The wicked man does deceptive work,
But (A)he who sows righteousness will have a sure reward.

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18 A wicked person earns deceptive wages,
    but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.(A)

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12 (A)The Lord repay your work, and a full reward be given you by the Lord God of Israel, (B)under whose wings you have come for refuge.”

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12 May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord,(A) the God of Israel,(B) under whose wings(C) you have come to take refuge.(D)

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