Workers

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

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.'

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

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.

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.

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

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labour of the love, that ye shewed to His name, having ministered to the saints and ministering;

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.

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

let all your things be done in love.

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.

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

See to yourselves that ye may not lose the things that we wrought, but a full reward may receive;

and God <FI>is<Fi> able all grace to cause to abound to you, that in every thing always all sufficiency having, ye may abound to every good work,

look to the fowls of the heaven, for they do not sow, nor reap, nor gather into storehouses, and your heavenly Father doth nourish them; are not ye much better than they?

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,

but I make account of none of these, neither do I count my life precious to myself, so that I finish my course with joy, and the ministration that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify fully the good news of the grace of God.

and who <FI>is<Fi> he who will be doing you evil, if of Him who is good ye may become imitators?

there doth remain, then, a sabbatic rest to the people of God, — read the full passage →

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

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; — read the full passage →

because nothing shall be impossible with God.'

`Take heed your kindness not to do before men, to be seen by them, and if not--reward ye have not from your Father who <FI>is<Fi> in the heavens; — read the full passage →

Wherefore, having left the word of the beginning of the Christ, unto the perfection we may advance, not again a foundation laying of reformation from dead works, and of faith on God, — read the full passage →

Servants--to their own masters <FI>are<Fi> to be subject, in all things to be well-pleasing, not gainsaying, — read the full passage →

every Writing <FI>is<Fi> God-breathed, and profitable for teaching, for conviction, for setting aright, for instruction that <FI>is<Fi> in righteousness, — read the full passage →

and she shall be saved through the child-bearing, if they remain in faith, and love, and sanctification, with sobriety.

According to man do I speak these things? or doth not also the law say these things?

And after the ceasing of the tumult, Paul having called near the disciples, and having embraced <FI>them<Fi> , went forth to go on to Macedonia; — read the full passage →

`Verily, verily, I say to you, he who is believing in me, the works that I do--that one also shall do, and greater than these he shall do, because I go on to my Father;

and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety--God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!

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 →

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

for ye did die, and your life hath been hid with the Christ in God;

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

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.'

`For the reign of the heavens is like to a man, a householder, who went forth with the morning to hire workmen for his vineyard, — read the full passage →

it behoveth, therefore, the overseer to be blameless, of one wife a husband, vigilant, sober, decent, a friend of strangers, apt to teach,

and to study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we did command you,

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.

the things above mind ye, not the things upon the earth,

through which also ye are being saved, in what words I proclaimed good news to you, if ye hold fast, except ye did believe in vain,

if to others I am not an apostle--yet doubtless to you I am; for the seal of my apostleship are ye in the Lord.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

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

and his own work let each one prove, and then in regard to himself alone the glorying he shall have, and not in regard to the other, — read the full passage →

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 →

And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, `Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it; — read the full passage →

for kings, and all who are in authority, that a quiet and peaceable life we may lead in all piety and gravity,

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

and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it--it doth yield.

And the masters! the same things do ye unto them, letting threatening alone, having known that also your Master is in the heavens, and acceptance of persons is not with him.

The servants! obey in all things those who are masters according to the flesh, not in eye-service as men-pleasers, but in simplicity of heart, fearing God; — read the full passage →

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

on every first <FI>day<Fi> of the week, let each one of you lay by him, treasuring up whatever he may have prospered, that when I may come then collections may not be made;

for of God we are fellow-workmen; God's tillage, God's building ye are.

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

And we ought--we who are strong--to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves; — read the full passage →

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

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

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

Here is endurance of the saints: here <FI>are<Fi> those keeping the commands of God, and the faith of Jesus.'

we, then, ought to receive such, that fellow-workers we may become to the truth.

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice, — read the full passage →

and by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace that <FI>is<Fi> towards me came not in vain, but more abundantly than they all did I labour, yet not I, but the grace of God that <FI>is<Fi> with me;

`Come unto me, all ye labouring and burdened ones, and I will give you rest,