Romans 12:11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Romans 12:11

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Slothful

Fervent

Bible References

Slothful

But he said: Idle, ye are - idle, on this account, are, ye, saying, We must take our journey, we must sacrifice to Yahweh.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard, observe her ways, and be wise;

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so, is the sluggard, to them who send him.

The sluggard, desireth, but his soul hath, nothing. But, the soul of the diligent, shall be enriched.

Surely he that is slothful in his work, brother, is he to a master at laying waste.

Seest thou a man prompt in his business? before kings, shall he stand, he shall not stand before men who are obscure.

By the field of the sluggard, I passed, and by the vineyard of a man lacking sense;

Saith the sluggard, A roaring lion in the road! A tearing lion in the midst of the broadways.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, with thy might, do, - for there is no work nor calculation nor knowledge nor wisdom, in hades, whither, thou, art going.

His watchmen, are blind None of them, know, All of them, are dumb dogs, they cannot bark, - Dreaming, sleeping, loving to slumber.

And his lord, answering, said unto him - O wicked servant, and cowardly, knewest thou that I reap, where I have not sown, and gather, whence I have not winnowed?

yourselves, acknowledge that, for my necessities and for those who were with me, hard wrought these hands!

Let, the stealer, no more, steal, but rather let him be toiling, - working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have wherewith to be giving away to him that hath need;

And to be ambitious to be quiet, and to be attending to your own affairs, and to be working with your hands, - even as, unto you, we gave charge -

Howbeit, we charge you, brethren, - that, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, ye be withdrawing yourselves from every brother - who, in a disorderly way, doth walk, and not according to the instruction which ye received from us.

At the same time, to be idlers, are they learning, going about from house to house; and, not only idlers, but, gossips, also, and, busybodies, - saying the things they ought not,

For, not unrighteous, is God, to be forgetful of your work and of the love which ye have shewn forth for his name, in that ye have ministered unto the saints, and are ministering,

Fervent

And, because of lawlessness being brought to the full, the love of the many, will grew cold.

The same, had been orally taught the way of the Lord, and, being fervent in his spirit, began speaking and teaching accurately, the things concerning Jesus, - properly knowing, only the immersion of John.

Epaphras who is from among you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, - at all times, contending in your behalf in his prayers, that ye may be caused to stand complete and fully assured in everything willed by God;

Be openly confessing, therefore, one to another, your sins, and be praying in each other's behalf, - that ye may be healed. Much availeth, the supplication of a righteous man, when it is energised:

Having purified, your souls, by the obedience of the truth, unto unfeigned brotherly affection, from the heart, love, one another, earnestly;

Before all things, keeping, fervent, your love, among yourselves, because, love, covereth a multitude of sins;

Nevertheless, I have against thee, that, thy first love, thou hast left.

I know thy works; - that neither, cold, art thou, nor hot: I would that, cold, thou hadst been, or hot.