Romans 12:11

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Summary

Romans 12:11

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

Slothful

Hebrews 6:10

Fervent

Bible References

Slothful

"'You wicked and lazy slave,' said his master. 'You say you knew that I reap where I have not sowed, and gather where I have not scattered?'

"You yourselves know how these hands of mine provided for my needs, and those of my companions.

Let him who stole steal no more, but let him work, and in honest industry toil with his hands, so that he may have something to give to the needy.

Also, that you endeavor to live quietly and to mind your own business, and to work with your hands (as I charged you).

I summon you, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, to shun any brother who leads an idle and disorderly life, which is not according to the rule you received from me.

Moreover, they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and are not only idlers, but gossips also, and busybodies, repeating things they ought not.

For God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you showed for his cause, in sending help to your fellow Christians, as you are still doing.

Fervent

and because of the increase of iniquity the love of the majority will grow cold;

He had been instructed in the ways of the Lord, and being full of zeal, he used to speak and to teach accurately the facts about Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.

Epaphras, one of yourselves, salutes you, a slave of Christ who is always agonizing for you in his prayers, that you may stand firm, mature, and fully assured in all the will of God.

So confess your sins one to another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. For the fervent prayer of a righteous man is mighty in its working.

Now that by obedience to the truth you have purified your lives for a brotherly love without hypocrisy, you must love one another from your hearts, fervently.

Above everything have fervent love to one another; for love veils a multitude of sins.

But I have this against you, that you have left your first love.

I know your works, that you are neither hot nor cold.