⁶ not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men-pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;

²² Servants, obey in all things those who are your masters according to the flesh, not just when they are looking, as men-pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing God.

²³ And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

⁴ But even as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, who tests our hearts.

¹⁰ For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn't be a servant of Christ.

¹² So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

²¹ Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

² that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

²¹ make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

⁵⁰ For whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother."

⁹ For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don't cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

³⁶ For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

¹⁷ Therefore don't be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

¹⁷ But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto you were delivered.

⁷ I will give them a heart to know me, that I am Yahweh: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return to me with their whole heart.

¹⁰ Yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not returned to me with her whole heart, but only in pretense, says Yahweh.

¹⁷ The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God's will remains forever.

¹⁵ For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

¹² Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.