Cross references

2 Corinthians 5:9

So we aspire to please Him, whether we are at home in this body or away from it.

2 Corinthians 5:9 BSB

2 Corinthians 5:9 has 21 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 14 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Colossians 1:10 (10 votes) and 2 Peter 3:14 (8 votes). 14 other verses point back to it. It links with 17 other books, from Genesis 4 to Revelation 2.

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Which verses does 2 Corinthians 5:9 point to?

The 20 strongest of 21, ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. so that you may walk in a manner worthy of the Lord and may please Him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,

  2. Therefore, beloved, as you anticipate these things, make every effort to be found at peace—spotless and blameless in His sight.

  3. For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.

  4. If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”

  5. and to aspire to live quietly, to attend to your own matters, and to work with your own hands, as we instructed you.

  6. To this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, and especially of those who believe.

  7. I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”

  8. Acts 10:354 votes

    but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.

  9. If 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.

  10. In this way I have aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.

  11. John 6:273 votes
  12. Therefore we are always confident, although we know that while we are at home in the body, we are away from the Lord.

  13. We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Which verses point to 2 Corinthians 5:9?

The 10 strongest of 14.