10 Bible Verses about Diligence, Examples Of

but by the good ground is meant such persons as have received the doctrine with simplicity and sincerity, abide by it, and practise it with perseverance.

the Jews there were of a more generous temper than those of Thessalonica: for they very readily embrac'd their doctrine, and daily examin'd, whether it was conformable to the scriptures.

we are fatigu'd by our manual toil: when reviled, we pray: when persecuted, we don't repine:

from imprisonments, from tumults, from labours, from watchings, from penury.

for you remember, my brethren, our labour and toil: how we worked day and night, that in preaching the gospel of God, we might not be chargeable to any of you.

I have struggled in a glorious cause: I have finish'd my career: I have stood to the faith:

on exhortation: he that giveth, let him be disinterested; he that presideth, let him be diligent; he that sheweth mercy, let him do it with cheerfulness.

and in this they out-did my expectation; such was the divine pleasure, they first gave themselves to the Lord, and then made me an offer to go themselves to Corinth.

We entreat you, brethren, to respect those, who labour in the ministry, who by divine appointment preside over you, and instruct you.

Now the time of his assumption drawing nigh, he was fix'd in his resolution to go to Jerusalem: