²⁴ Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and that the Master you are serving is Christ.^[a]

⁸ Remember that the Lord will reward each one of us for the good we do, whether we are slaves or free.

¹⁴ Then at the resurrection of the righteous, God will reward you for inviting those who could not repay you.”

²² And remember, if you were a slave when the Lord called you, you are now free in the Lord. And if you were free when the Lord called you, you are now a slave of Christ.

⁶ Try to please them all the time, not just when they are watching you. As slaves of Christ, do the will of God with all your heart.

¹⁰ Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people, but of God. If pleasing people were my goal, I would not be Christ’s servant.

³² “And now I entrust you to God and the message of his grace that is able to build you up and give you an inheritance with all those he has set apart for himself.

⁶ And it is impossible to please God without faith. Anyone who wants to come to him must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who sincerely seek him.

³⁵ So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you!

⁴⁶ If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much.