Pleasing God
10 passages
- 1 Thessalonians 2:4
Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts.
Read it in context - Galatians 1:10
Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Read it in context - Proverbs 16:7
When a man’s ways please the LORD, He makes even the man’s enemies live at peace with him.
Read it in context - Romans 8:8
Those controlled by the flesh cannot please God.
Read it in context - 1 John 3:22
and we will receive from Him whatever we ask, because we keep His commandments and do what is pleasing in His sight.
Read it in context - Romans 12:1–2
1Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. 2Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
Read it in context - 2 Corinthians 5:9
So we aspire to please Him, whether we are at home in this body or away from it.
Read it in context - Psalm 19:14
May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in Your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
Read it in context - John 8:29
He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left Me alone, because I always do what pleases Him.”
Read it in context - Colossians 3:23
Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, as for the Lord and not for men,
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