32 Bible Verses about Work, And Redemption

For ye are saved by grace through faith, and this a gift of God, not from you, not from works, so that not any man may boast.

Who saved us and who called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before times eternal.

But when the kindness and philanthropy of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not of works in righteousness that we did, but according to his mercy through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

I glorified thee on the earth. I finished the work which thou have given me that I should do.

Jesus says to them, My food is that I do the will of him who sent me, and may finish his work.

When therefore Jesus received the vinegar, he said, It is finished, and after bowing his head, he gave up the spirit.

and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through his own blood, he entered in once into the Holy things, having found eternal redemption.

What is the benefit, my brothers, if some man should say to have faith, but has no works? Can the faith save him?

From their fruits ye will know them. Do they gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? Likewise every good tree produces good fruits, but the corrupt tree produces bad fruits. A good tree cannot produce bad fruits, nor a corrupt tree produce good fruits.read more.
Every tree not producing good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire. So then from their fruits ye will know them.

Either make the tree good, and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt, for the tree is known by its fruit.

Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say within yourselves, We have a father, Abraham. For I say to you, that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham. And even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore not making good fruit is cut down, and cast into fire.

For the hearers of the law are not righteous with God, but the doers of the law will be made righteous.

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the labor of love that ye showed toward his name, having served the sanctified, and who are serving. And we earnestly desire each of you to show the same diligence toward the full assurance of the hope until the end, so that ye may not become lazy, but imitators of those who, through faith and longsuffering, inherit the promises.

So also faith, if it has no works, is dead by itself. But some man will say, Thou have faith, and I have works. Show me thy faith from thy works, and I will show thee from my works my faith. Thou believe that there is one God, thou do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.read more.
But do thou want to know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is dead? Was not Abraham our father made righteous from works, having offered up Isaac his son upon the altar? Thou see that faith was working with his works, and from the works, faith was fully perfected. And the scripture was fulfilled, which says, And Abraham believed God, and it was reckoned to him for righteousness, and he was called a friend of God. Ye see therefore that from works a man is made righteous, and not from faith only. And likewise also was not Rahab the harlot made righteous from works, having received the agents, and having sent them out another way? For as the body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without the works is dead.

He who works with a slack hand becomes poor, but the hand of the diligent makes rich.

In all labor there is profit, but the talk of the lips [tends] only to poverty.

And let us not be weary doing good, for in our own time we will reap, not desponding.

Masters, present to the bondmen what is right and equitable, knowing that ye also have a Master in heavens.

Concerning all things presenting thyself a pattern of good works in the doctrine: incorruption, dignity, incorruptibility, sound speech, irreproachable, so that the man of opposition may be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.

Faithful is the saying. And I want thee to strongly insist about these things, so that those who have believed in God may be careful to manage good works. These things are good and beneficial to men.

Having your behavior good among the Gentiles, so that, upon which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may glorify God in the day of visitation, from having observed your good works.

I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, your reasonable service.

Brothers, each man, in what he was called, should remain in this before God.

Therefore whether ye eat, or drink, or anything ye do, do all to the glory of God.

bond-serving with goodwill, as to the Lord and not to men.

And all things, anything whatever ye may do, work from soul as to the Lord and not to men,

And all things, anything whatever ye may do, work from soul as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from Lord ye will receive the reward of the inheritance, for ye serve the Lord Christ.

And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

And his lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman. Thou were faithful over a few things, I will appoint thee over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, become ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not empty in Lord.

And there will be no curse there. And the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his bondmen will serve him.

And he said to him, Well, thou good bondman. Because thou became faithful in the least, be thou having authority over ten cities.