Matthew 6:18 Cross References - AUV

¹⁸ so that people will not see that you are fasting, but [only] your Father who is in secret [will know about it]. For, [since] He sees [what is done] in secret, He will repay you.

⁴ so that your giving to poor people may be done secretly. Then your Father, who sees what is done secretly, will pay you back.

⁶ But when you pray, go to a private place and after closing the door, pray to your Father who is in a secret place, and [since] He sees in secret places, He will reward you.

⁶ He will repay every person for what he has done. [See Psa. 62:12].

⁹ So, we are also eager to please God very much, whether we are at home [in our body] or away from it.

¹⁸ For it is not the person who commends himself that is approved [by God], but the one whom the Lord commends.

²² You slaves should obey your earthly masters in everything, [and] do not do it just when they are looking [at you], or to gain their favor, but do it with a sincere heart, out of reverence for the Lord. ²³ In whatever you do, work wholeheartedly, as though it were for the Lord and not [just] for people, ²⁴ knowing that you will receive from the Lord a [spiritual] inheritance as a reward, [for] you are [really] serving the Lord.

⁷ But these will only test your faith, which is more valuable than gold which, though refined by fire, eventually perishes. Your faith, [however], will [endure and eventually] prove to be praiseworthy and honorable when Jesus returns.

¹³ Submit yourselves to every authority set up by people for the Lord’s sake. [Submit to] a king as the [highest] authority,