Romans 12:11

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Summary

Romans 12:11

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

Slothful

Fervent

Bible References

Slothful

But he said, "You are idle, you are idle; that is why you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.'

Go to the ant, O sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.

Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.

The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.

Whoever is slack in his work is a brother to him who destroys.

Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

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

The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!"

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might,for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.

His watchmen are blind; they are all without knowledge; they are all silent dogs; they cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

But his master answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed?

You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my necessities and to those who were with me.

Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need.

and to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,

Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is walking in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us.

Besides that, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers, but also gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not.

For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.

Fervent

And because lawlessness will be increased, the love of many will grow cold.

He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.

Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart,

Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.

But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first.

"'I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot!