1 CORINTHIANS 15:58 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.”
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain — the application: resurrection grounds perseverance and effort. Because the dead are raised and the kingdom shall come, apostolic labor (kópos: toil, exhaustion) is not futile (kenós) but eternally significant.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 15:58
“Wherefore , brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable.” Just and seasonable is this exhortation after all that had gone before. For nothing so disquiets as the thought that we are buffeted without cause or profit. “Always abounding in the work of the Lord:” i.e., in the pure life. And he said not, “working that which is good,” but “abounding;” that we might do it abundantly , and might overpass the lists. “Knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.” What do you say?…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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