living for god
What does the Bible say about living for god? These are the passages readers found most helpful — tap any citation to read it in context.
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2And do not choose to be conformed to this age, but instead choose to be reformed in the newness of your mind, so that you may demonstrate what is the will of God: what is good, and what is well-pleasing, and what is perfect.
28And we know that, for those who love God, all things work together unto good, for those who, in accordance with his purpose, are called to be saints.
33Therefore, seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added to you as well.
23Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as for the Lord, and not for men.
10For am I now persuading men, or God? Or, am I seeking to please men? If I still were pleasing men, then I would not be a servant of Christ.
37Jesus said to him: “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God from all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
17So if anyone is a new creature in Christ, what is old has passed away. Behold, all things have been made new.
24No one is able to serve two masters. For either he will have hatred for the one, and love the other, or he will persevere with the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
8For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
5Let your behavior be without avarice; be content with what you are offered. For he himself has said, “I will not abandon you, and I will not neglect you.”
9If we confess our sins, then he is faithful and just, so as to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all iniquity.