Slothfulness

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone will not work, neither let him eat.”

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

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

that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherited the promises.

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

“But his lord answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn’t sow, and gather where I didn’t scatter.

In love of the brothers be tenderly affectionate one to another; in honor preferring one another; — read the full passage →

Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.

For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don’t work at all, but are busybodies. — read the full passage →

Let him who stole steal no more; but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to him who has need.

For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labor of love which you showed toward his name, in that you served the saints, and still do serve them.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

“He also who had received the one talent came and said, ‘Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter. — read the full passage →

For we hear of some who walk among you in rebellion, who don’t work at all, but are busybodies.

“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

We desire that each one of you may show the same diligence to the fullness of hope even to the end, — read the full passage →

and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you; — read the full passage →

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men, — read the full passage →

Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone will not work, neither let him eat.” — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Therefore he says, “Awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”

The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea. When they arrived, they went into the Jewish synagogue. — read the full passage →

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, — read the full passage →

Servants, be obedient to those who according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ; — read the full passage →

He spoke this parable. “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none. — read the full passage →

To him therefore who knows to do good, and doesn’t do it, to him it is sin.

For the word of God is living, and active, and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Therefore watch carefully how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise; — read the full passage →

Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members? — read the full passage →

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him; — read the full passage →

You ought therefore to have deposited my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received back my own with interest.

coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious. — read the full passage →

But to us, God revealed them through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

Every branch in me that doesn’t bear fruit, he takes away. Every branch that bears fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

He who is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much. He who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much.