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

And he said, "You [are] lazy, lazy! Therefore you [are] saying, 'Let us go; let us sacrifice to Yahweh.'

Go to the ant, lazy! Consider its ways and be wise.

Like vinegar to the tooth and like smoke to the eyes, thus [is] the lazy to one who employs him.

The soul of the lazy craves, but there is nothing, but the person of diligence is richly supplied.

Even he who is slack in his work, he is brother to a master of destruction.

A man who is skillful in his work, you shall see: before kings, he will serve; he will not serve before the commoners.

I passed by the field of a lazy person, and over the vineyard of a person lacking {sense};

A lazy person says "A lion [is] in the road! A lion among the streets!"

Whatever your hand finds to do--do [it] with [all] your might; for in Sheol--where you are going--no one works, plans, knows, or thinks about anything.

His watchmen [are] blind, none of them know. They [are] all dumb dogs; they are unable to bark, panting, lying down, loving to slumber.

But his master answered [and] said to him, 'Evil and lazy slave! You knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather from where I did not scatter [seed].

You yourselves know that these hands served [to meet] my needs and [the needs of] those who were with me.

The one who steals must steal no longer, but instead must labor, working with his own hands [what is] good, so that he may have [something] to share with the one who has need.

and to aspire to live a quiet life, and to attend to {your own business}, and to work with your hands, just as we commanded you,

But we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, [that] you keep away from every brother who lives irresponsibly and not according to the tradition that they received from us.

And at the same time also, going around from house to house, they learn [to be] idle, and not only idle, but also gossipy and busybodies, saying the things [that are] not necessary.

For God [is] not unjust, [so as] to forget your work and the love which you demonstrated for his name [by] having served the saints, and continuing to serve [them].

Fervent

and because lawlessness will increase, the love of many will grow cold.

This man had been instructed [in] the way of the Lord, and being enthusiastic in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the [things] about Jesus, [although he] knew only the baptism of John.

Epaphras, who is [one] of you, greets you, a slave of Christ always struggling on behalf of you 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, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous person accomplishes much.

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

Above all, keep your love for one another constant, because love covers a large number of sins.

But I have [this] against you: that you have left your first love.

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