Hard Work

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men,

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat, — read the full passage →

All things do without murmurings and reasonings, — read the full passage →

Whether, then, ye eat, or drink, or do anything, do all to the glory of God;

and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you, — read the full passage →

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

and if any one for his own--and especially for those of the household--doth not provide, the faith he hath denied, and than an unbeliever he is worse.

the labouring husbandman it behoveth first of the fruits to partake;

and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, <FI>do<Fi> all things in the name of the Lord Jesus--giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.

and in the doing good we may not be faint-hearted, for at the proper time we shall reap--not desponding;

having known that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance--for the Lord Christ ye serve;

concerning all things thyself showing a pattern of good works; in the teaching uncorruptedness, gravity, incorruptibility, — read the full passage →

and all, whatever ye may do--out of soul work--as to the Lord, and not to men, — read the full passage →

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

whoso is stealing let him no more steal, but rather let him labour, working the thing that is good with the hands, that he may have to impart to him having need.

with good-will serving, as to the Lord, and not to men,

And Jesus answered them, `My Father till now doth work, and I work;'

so let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and may glorify your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens.

so that, my brethren beloved, become ye stedfast, unmovable, abounding in the work of the Lord at all times, knowing that your labour is not vain in the Lord.

for even when we were with you, this we did command you, that if any one is not willing to work, neither let him eat,

in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving;

the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept,

be diligent to present thyself approved to God--a workman irreproachable, rightly dividing the word of the truth;

in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving; — read the full passage →

so also the faith, if it may not have works, is dead by itself.

See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise, — read the full passage →

for of Him we are workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God did before prepare, that in them we may walk.

and labour, working with <FI>our<Fi> own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer;

work not for the food that is perishing, but for the food that is remaining to life age-during, which the Son of Man will give to you, for him did the Father seal--<FI> even<Fi> God.'

See, then, how exactly ye walk, not as unwise, but as wise, — read the full passage →

for he whom God sent, the sayings of God he speaketh; for not by measure doth God give the Spirit;

and he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few; and to every one to whom much was given, much shall be required from him; and to whom they did commit much, more abundantly they will ask of him.

`The silver or gold or garments of no one did I covet; — read the full passage →

`He who is faithful in the least, <FI>is<Fi> also faithful in much; and he who in the least <FI>is<Fi> unrighteous, is also unrighteous in much;

I sent you to reap that on which ye have not laboured; others laboured, and ye into their labour have entered.

`And he who did receive the five talents, having gone, wrought with them, and made other five talents; — read the full passage →

salute Tryphaena, and Tryphosa, who are labouring in the Lord; salute Persis, the beloved, who did labour much in the Lord.

The servants! obey the masters according to the flesh with fear and trembling, in the simplicity of your heart, as to the Christ; — read the full passage →

so that my bonds have become manifest in Christ in the whole praetorium, and to the other places--all, — read the full passage →

Jesus saith to them, `My food is, that I may do the will of Him who sent me, and may finish His work;

but exhort ye one another every day, while the To-day is called, that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of the sin, — read the full passage →

and he who is planting and he who is watering are one, and each his own reward shall receive, according to his own labour,

but I chastise my body, and bring <FI>it<Fi> into servitude, lest by any means, having preached to others--I myself may become disapproved.

And concerning the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that we all have knowledge: knowledge puffeth up, but love buildeth up; — read the full passage →