And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,
In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
whoever speaks, as one who speaks oracles of God; whoever serves, as one who serves by the strength that God supplies—in order that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.
The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, while the one who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God. For none of us lives to himself, and none of us dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's.
Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth.
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and he did what was good and right and faithful before the Lord his God. And every work that he undertook in the service of the house of God and in accordance with the law and the commandments, seeking his God, he did with all his heart, and prospered.
For all the peoples walk each in the name of its god, but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God forever and ever.
Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus.
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
while you stretch out your hand to heal, and signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”
comfort your hearts and establish them in every good work and word.
filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
And this became known to all the residents of Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks. And fear fell upon them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled.
giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light.
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him,
rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
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,
No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed in all the world.
For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my Son, today I have begotten you”? Or again, “I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son”?
Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.
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