Whatever you do, do it enthusiastically, as something done for the Lord and not for men,

Hezekiah did this throughout all Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.

He was diligent in every deed that he began in the service of God's temple, in the law and in the commandment, in order to seek his God, and he prospered.

think about Him in all your ways, and He will guide you on the right paths.

Whoever observes the day, observes it to the Lord. Whoever eats, eats to the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; and whoever does not eat, it is to the Lord that he does not eat, yet he thanks God.

If we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.

Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for God's glory.

encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good work and word.

Little children, we must not love in word or speech, but in deed and truth;

Though all the peoples each walk in the name of their gods, we will walk in the name of Yahweh our God forever and ever.

Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

while You stretch out Your hand for healing, signs, and wonders to be performed through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus."

This became known to everyone who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. Then fear fell on all of them, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.

filled with the fruit of righteousness that [comes] through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Finally then, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus, that as you have received from us how you must walk and please God-- as you are doing-- do so even more.

For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the saints' inheritance in the light.

rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.

First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you because the news of your faith is being reported in all the world.

giving thanks always for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Give thanks in everything, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.

Therefore, through Him let us continually offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of our lips that confess His name.

you yourselves, as living stones, are being built into a spiritual house for a holy priesthood to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His possession, so that you may proclaim the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.

If anyone speaks, [his speech should be] like the oracles of God; if anyone serves, [his service should be] from the strength God provides, so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To Him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

[I pray] that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, would give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him.

and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy: To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace to you and peace.

For to which of the angels did He ever say, You are My Son; today I have become Your Father, or again, I will be His Father, and He will be My Son?

No one who denies the Son can have the Father; he who confesses the Son has the Father as well.