Seeking to please others is a natural human desire, but the Bible teaches that our ultimate goal should be to please God. According to Galatians, attempting to please people can lead to compromising one's faith, as seen in Galatians 1:10 and 2:20. In contrast, Colossians 3:23 encourages believers to work heartily, knowing that their labor is ultimately for the Lord. Additionally, Jesus warned against seeking human approval in Luke 16:15, emphasizing the importance of a genuine faith that prioritizes God's pleasure above human recognition, as also emphasized in Romans 12:1-2.
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Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.
Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, for the Lord and not for men,
So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
I have been crucified with Christ, and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God.
For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.