'Making' in the Bible

for the Lord will hold a reckoning upon the earth, making it efficacious and brief."

making it my ambition, however, not to tell the Good News where Christ's name was already known, for fear I should be building on another man's foundation.

So after discharging this duty, and making sure that these kind gifts reach those for whom they are intended, I shall start for Spain, passing through Rome on my way there;