Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Enjoyment » Enjoying the fruits of your labor
I have concluded that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to enjoy themselves as long as they live, and also that everyone should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all his toil, for these things are a gift from God.
I have seen personally what is the only beneficial and appropriate course of action for people: to eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all their hard work on earth during the few days of their life which God has given them, for this is their reward. To every man whom God has given wealth, and possessions, he has also given him the ability to eat from them, to receive his reward and to find enjoyment in his toil; these things are the gift of God. For he does not think much about the fleeting days of his life because God keeps him preoccupied with the joy he derives from his activity.
Gifts from God » Temporal » To be used and enjoyed
and also that everyone should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all his toil, for these things are a gift from God.
To every man whom God has given wealth, and possessions, he has also given him the ability to eat from them, to receive his reward and to find enjoyment in his toil; these things are the gift of God. For he does not think much about the fleeting days of his life because God keeps him preoccupied with the joy he derives from his activity.
For every creation of God is good and no food is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving. For it is sanctified by God's word and by prayer.
the Gifts of God » Temporal » To be used and enjoyed
and also that everyone should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all his toil, for these things are a gift from God.
To every man whom God has given wealth, and possessions, he has also given him the ability to eat from them, to receive his reward and to find enjoyment in his toil; these things are the gift of God. For he does not think much about the fleeting days of his life because God keeps him preoccupied with the joy he derives from his activity.
For every creation of God is good and no food is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving. For it is sanctified by God's word and by prayer.
Giving and gifts » The gift of God
For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.
But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.
For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Life, EverlastingSin, Consequences OfAdam, Results Of SinChrist, Names ForThe Immortal SoulBeing Dead In SinSalvation, As A GiftCancellation Of DeptLife Through ChristSin Producing DeathSinRepentanceSin Produces DeathWages For EvilAll Sins Being EqualDeathLiving In SinPunishmentEternal lifeDeath ofnatural Deaththe Gifts of GodDeserving DeathLife After DeathNatural DisastersJesus DeatheternityconsequencesfreeAbolishing Death
I have seen personally what is the only beneficial and appropriate course of action for people: to eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all their hard work on earth during the few days of their life which God has given them, for this is their reward. To every man whom God has given wealth, and possessions, he has also given him the ability to eat from them, to receive his reward and to find enjoyment in his toil; these things are the gift of God. For he does not think much about the fleeting days of his life because God keeps him preoccupied with the joy he derives from his activity.
For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God; it is not from works, so that no one can boast. For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them.
Because of this I remind you to rekindle God's gift that you possess through the laying on of my hands.
and also that everyone should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all his toil, for these things are a gift from God.
But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could acquire God's gift with money!
Yet death reigned from Adam until Moses even over those who did not sin in the same way that Adam (who is a type of the coming one) transgressed. But the gracious gift is not like the transgression. For if the many died through the transgression of the one man, how much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ multiply to the many! And the gift is not like the one who sinned. For judgment, resulting from the one transgression, led to condemnation, but the gracious gift from the many failures led to justification. read more.
For if, by the transgression of the one man, death reigned through the one, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ! Consequently, just as condemnation for all people came through one transgression, so too through the one righteous act came righteousness leading to life for all people.
For if, by the transgression of the one man, death reigned through the one, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ! Consequently, just as condemnation for all people came through one transgression, so too through the one righteous act came righteousness leading to life for all people.