Colossians 3:23 BSB

Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὃ	ho	that	G3739 →
ἐὰν	ean	maybe	G1437 →
ποιῆτε,	poiēte	you shall do,	G4160 →
ἐκ	ek	from	G1537 →
ψυχῆς	psuchēs	[the] soul	G5590 →
ἐργάζεσθε	ergazesthe	do work	G2038 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
τῷ	tō	to the	G3588 →
κυρίῳ	kuriō	Lord	G2962 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἀνθρώποις·	anthrōpois	to men;	G444 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Colossians 3:17
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 10:31
  So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
- Proverbs 3:6
  in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
- Ephesians 5:20
  always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:18
  Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
- 1 Peter 4:11
  If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through…
Through
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
leads to
- Ephesians 5:16
  redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
- Romans 12:11
  Do not let your zeal subside; keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.
Through
2 Chronicles 31:21
He was diligent in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.
leads to
- Matthew 6:33
  But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Colossians 3:17And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.Ephesians 6:6–7And do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.1 Corinthians 10:31So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.Romans 14:8If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.2 Chronicles 31:21He was diligent in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.1 Peter 2:15For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.Proverbs 3:6in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.1 Peter 2:13Submit yourselves for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether to the king as the supreme authority,Psalms 119:10With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.Romans 14:6He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.1 Peter 1:22Since you have purified your souls by obedience to the truth so that you have a genuine love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from a pure heart.Psalms 119:34Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.Ephesians 6:7Serve with good will, as to the Lord and not to men,2 Corinthians 5:15And He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died for them and was raised again.Jeremiah 3:10Yet in spite of all this, her unfaithful sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but only in pretense,” declares the LORD.Zechariah 7:5–7“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?Psalms 119:145I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.

Written to them
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Heartily, as to the Lord: work framed
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