Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,
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.
not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man,
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.
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.
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people.
Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme,
With my whole heart I seek you; let me not wander from your commandments!
Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,
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.
Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.
“Say to all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth month and in the seventh, for these seventy years, was it for me that you fasted? And when you eat and when you drink, do you not eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves? Were not these the words that the Lord proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and prosperous, with her cities around her, and the South and the lowland were inhabited?’”
Yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to me with her whole heart, but in pretense, declares the Lord.”
With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O Lord! I will keep your statutes.
“And when you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces that their fasting may be seen by others. Truly, I say to you, they have received their reward.
Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord.
Of David. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name!
Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises! For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm!
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