2 Corinthians 5:9
9So whether we are at home or away, we make it our aim to aplease him.2 Corinthians 10:18
18For it is bnot the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one cwhom the Lord commends.Colossians 3:22-24
22Bondservants, ▼▼Or Slaves; also 4:1 (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)
obey ein everything those who are your earthly masters, ▼▼Or your masters according to the flesh
not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. 23 gWhatever you do, work heartily, has for the Lord and not for men, 24knowing that from the Lord iyou will receive the inheritance as your reward. jYou are serving the Lord Christ. 1 Peter 2:13
Submission to Authority
13 kBe subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, ▼▼Or every institution ordained for people
whether it be to the emperor ▼▼Or king; also verse 17
as supreme,
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