²⁴ since you know that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward; you serve the Lord Christ.^(A)

⁸ knowing that whatever good we do, we will receive the same again from the Lord, whether we are enslaved or free.

¹⁴ And you will be blessed because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

²² For whoever was called in the Lord as a slave is a freed person belonging to the Lord, just as whoever was free when called is a slave belonging to Christ.^(A)

⁶ not with a slavery performed merely for looks, to please people, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the soul.

¹⁰ Am I now seeking human approval or God’s approval? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still pleasing people, I would not be a servant of Christ.^(A)

³² And now I commend you to God and to the message of his grace, a message that is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all who are sanctified.^(A)

⁶ And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would approach God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

³⁵ Do not, therefore, abandon that boldness of yours; it brings a great reward.

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