Matthew 7:21
New Living Translation
True Disciples
21 “Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter.
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Matthew 7:21
New International Version
True and False Disciples
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’(A) will enter the kingdom of heaven,(B) but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.(C)
Romans 2:13
New Living Translation
13 For merely listening to the law doesn’t make us right with God. It is obeying the law that makes us right in his sight.
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Romans 2:13
New International Version
13 For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous in God’s sight, but it is those who obey(A) the law who will be declared righteous.
James 1:22
New Living Translation
22 But don’t just listen to God’s word. You must do what it says. Otherwise, you are only fooling yourselves.
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James 1:22
New International Version
22 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.(A)
Luke 6:46
New Living Translation
Building on a Solid Foundation
46 “So why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord!’ when you don’t do what I say?
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Luke 6:46
New International Version
The Wise and Foolish Builders(A)
46 “Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’(B) and do not do what I say?(C)
Luke 11:28
New Living Translation
28 Jesus replied, “But even more blessed are all who hear the word of God and put it into practice.”
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Luke 11:28
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Titus 1:16
New Living Translation
16 Such people claim they know God, but they deny him by the way they live. They are detestable and disobedient, worthless for doing anything good.
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Titus 1:16
New International Version
16 They claim to know God, but by their actions they deny him.(A) They are detestable, disobedient and unfit for doing anything good.(B)
Hebrews 4:6
New Living Translation
6 So God’s rest is there for people to enter, but those who first heard this good news failed to enter because they disobeyed God.
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Hebrews 4:6
New International Version
6 Therefore since it still remains for some to enter that rest, and since those who formerly had the good news proclaimed to them did not go in because of their disobedience,(A)
Matthew 25:11-12
New Living Translation
11 Later, when the other five bridesmaids returned, they stood outside, calling, ‘Lord! Lord! Open the door for us!’
12 “But he called back, ‘Believe me, I don’t know you!’
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Matthew 25:11-12
New International Version
11 “Later the others also came. ‘Lord, Lord,’ they said, ‘open the door for us!’
12 “But he replied, ‘Truly I tell you, I don’t know you.’(A)
John 6:40
New Living Translation
40 For it is my Father’s will that all who see his Son and believe in him should have eternal life. I will raise them up at the last day.”
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John 6:40
New International Version
40 For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son(A) and believes in him shall have eternal life,(B) and I will raise them up at the last day.”
Revelation 3:5
New Living Translation
5 All who are victorious will be clothed in white. I will never erase their names from the Book of Life, but I will announce before my Father and his angels that they are mine.
Revelation 3:5
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Matthew 10:32-33
New Living Translation
32 “Everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. 33 But everyone who denies me here on earth, I will also deny before my Father in heaven.
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Matthew 10:32-33
New International Version
32 “Whoever acknowledges me before others,(A) I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. 33 But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven.(B)
1 Peter 4:2
New Living Translation
2 You won’t spend the rest of your lives chasing your own desires, but you will be anxious to do the will of God.
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1 Peter 4:2
New International Version
2 As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires,(A) but rather for the will of God.
Hebrews 13:21
New Living Translation
21 may he equip you with all you need
for doing his will.
May he produce in you,[a]
through the power of Jesus Christ,
every good thing that is pleasing to him.
All glory to him forever and ever! Amen.
Footnotes
- 13:21 Some manuscripts read in us.
Hebrews 13:21
New International Version
21 equip you with everything good for doing his will,(A) and may he work in us(B) what is pleasing to him,(C) through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.(D)
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