Working For God

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

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

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

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

because nothing shall be impossible with 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.

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.

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,

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.'

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

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;

So that, my beloved, as ye always obey, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, with fear and trembling your own salvation work out, — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

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

concerning all things thyself showing a pattern of good works; in the teaching uncorruptedness, gravity, incorruptibility, — 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.'

for God it is who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

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

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 →

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 →

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.

let all your things be done in love.

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 →

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

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

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform <FI>it<Fi> till a day of Jesus Christ,

`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;

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 →

in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;

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 →

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

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

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,

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

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

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 →

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

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

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

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

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 →

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

and to Him who is able above all things to do exceeding abundantly what we ask or think, according to the power that is working in us, — read the full passage →

and become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves,

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

and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;

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

and Peter said unto them, `Reform, and be baptized each of you on the name of Jesus Christ, to remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit,

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

God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;

if we may confess our sins, stedfast He is and righteous that He may forgive us the sins, and may cleanse us from every unrighteousness;

ye ask, and ye receive not, because evilly ye ask, that in your pleasures ye may spend <FI>it<Fi> .

who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might--through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,

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;

`I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman; — read the full passage →

having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them--to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit; — read the full passage →

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 →