Colossians 3:23
Greek Text— Colossians 3:23And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,
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Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.
Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.
Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.
I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you.
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.
Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.
giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;
Yahweh, I know that the way of man is not in himself. It is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s.
If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
A man’s heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor plan, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also love one another.
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith,
For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:
To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. You will bear children in pain. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.
If anyone speaks, let it be as it were the very words of God. If anyone serves, let it be as of the strength which God supplies, that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a right spirit within me.
Through him, then, let’s offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name.
In every work that he began in the service of God’s house, in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
Therefore subject yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord’s sake: whether to the king, as supreme;
Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.
and when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, “This is the way. Walk in it.”
You shall seek me, and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.
Indeed all the nations may walk in the name of their gods; but we will walk in the name of Yahweh our God forever and ever.
to be sober minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God’s word may not be blasphemed.
Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.
My little children, let’s not love in word only, or with the tongue only, but in deed and truth.
Don’t let your heart envy sinners, but rather fear Yahweh all day long.
Yahweh, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: “I am Yahweh your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you by the way that you should go.
I must work the works of him who sent me while it is day. The night is coming, when no one can work.
Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks. He who doesn’t eat, to the Lord he doesn’t eat, and gives God thanks.
even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.
Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.
If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.
In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
Let brotherly love continue.
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,
You, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.
but Yahweh of Armies is exalted in justice, and God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.
Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived at Ephesus. Fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.
not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,
You also, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
having good behavior among the nations, so in that of which they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they see, glorify God in the day of visitation.
For to this end the Good News was preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed as men in the flesh, but live as to God in the spirit.
And above all things be earnest in your love among yourselves, for love covers a multitude of sins.
All Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found by them. Then Yahweh gave them rest all around.
When the king’s decree which he shall make is published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give their husbands honor, both great and small.”
My soul shall be satisfied as with the richest food. My mouth shall praise you with joyful lips,
For he will put his angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.
to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,
You are already pruned clean because of the word which I have spoken to you.
while you stretch out your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of your holy Servant Jesus.”
If I partake with thankfulness, why am I denounced for something I give thanks for?
He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.
You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?
subjecting yourselves to one another in the fear of Christ.
Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ,
Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honorable, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report: if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, think about these things.
forbidding marriage and commanding to abstain from foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.
Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,
and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
Then the king said to me, “What is your request?” So I prayed to the God of heaven.
For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?
I have called with my whole heart. Answer me, Yahweh! I will keep your statutes.
For Sheol can’t praise you. Death can’t celebrate you. Those who go down into the pit can’t hope for your truth.
Yet for all this her treacherous sister, Judah, has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretense,” says Yahweh.
Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.
Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to Yahweh of Armies; and all those who sacrifice will come and take of them, and cook in them. In that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of Yahweh of Armies.
“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment,
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body, and be thankful.
With my whole heart, I have sought you. Don’t let me wander from your commandments.
“Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, the silver for the things of silver, the bronze for the things of bronze, iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood; also onyx stones, stones to be set, stones for inlaid work, of various colors, all kinds of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance.
Praise Yahweh, my soul! All that is within me, praise his holy name!
with good will doing service as to the Lord, and not to men,
But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him I will bring into the land into which he went. His offspring shall possess it.
David danced before Yahweh with all his might; and David was clothed in a linen ephod.
“Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, did you at all fast to me, really to me?
Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.