'Work' in the Bible

Then as John was completing his life’s work, he said, ‘Who do you think I am? I am not the One. But look! Someone is coming after me, and I am not worthy to untie the sandals on His feet.’

Now David, having done God's work for his generation, went to sleep, and was put with his fathers, and his body came to destruction:

Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you.

And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled.

But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.

And he is not dependent on the work of men's hands, as if he had need of anything, for he himself gives to all life and breath and all things;

Because a day has been fixed in which all the world will be judged in righteousness by the man who has been marked out by him for this work; of which he has given a sign to all men by giving him back from the dead.

And because he was of the same trade, he was living with them, and they did their work together; for by trade they were tent-makers.

so that even facecloths or work aprons that had touched his skin were brought to the sick, and the diseases left them, and the evil spirits came out of them.

whom, having brought in a crowd together, and those who did work about such things, he said, 'Men, ye know that by this work we have our wealth;

Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:

But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.

And when he had said how glad he was to see them, he gave them a detailed account of the things which God had done through his work among the Gentiles.

And when we had gone on slowly for a long time, and had had hard work getting across to Cnidus, for the wind was against us, we went under cover of Crete, in the direction of Salmone;

And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:

Therefore, let it be known to you that this saving work of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen!”

For I am not ashamed of the Good News. It is God's power which is at work for the salvation of every one who believes--the Jew first, and then the Gentile.

to those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, do seek glory, and honour, and incorruptibility -- life age-during;

Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)

But to the one who does not work, but believes on Him who declares the ungodly to be righteous, his faith is credited for righteousness.

for the law doth work wrath; for where law is not, neither is transgression.

And not only so, but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance;

For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death.

Thou shalt not covet;' and the sin having received an opportunity, through the command, did work in me all covetousness -- for apart from law sin is dead.

for that which I work, I do not acknowledge; for not what I will, this I practise, but what I hate, this I do.

and now it is no longer I that work it, but the sin dwelling in me,

for I have known that there doth not dwell in me, that is, in my flesh, good: for to will is present with me, and to work that which is right I do not find,

And if what I do not will, this I do, it is no longer I that work it, but the sin that is dwelling in me.

but I discover within me a different Law at war with the Law of my understanding, and leading me captive to the Law which is everywhere at work in my body--the Law of sin.

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth.

And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.

But since we have special gifts which differ in accordance with the diversified work graciously entrusted to us, if it is prophecy, let the prophet speak in exact proportion to his faith;

Be not slow in your work, but be quick in spirit, as the Lord's servants;

For rulers are not a terror to a good work, but to an evil one. Dost thou desire then not to be afraid of the authority? practise what is good, and thou shalt have praise from it;

This is also why you pay taxes. For rulers are God's servants faithfully devoting themselves to their work.

the love to the neighbour doth work no ill; the love, therefore, is the fulness of law.

For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.

To be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, doing the work of a priest in the good news of God, so that the offering of the Gentiles might be pleasing to God, being made holy by the Holy Spirit.

Therefore, in the Messiah Jesus I have the right to boast about my work for God.

for I will not dare to speak anything of the things that Christ did not work through me, to obedience of nations, by word and deed,

Making it my purpose not to take the good news where Christ was named, so that my work might not be resting on that of others;

But now I no longer have any work to do in these provinces, and I have strongly desired for many years to come to you

Greet Prisca and Aquila, who work with me for the Messiah Jesus,

Give my love to Tryphaena and Tryphosa, workers in the Lord. Give my love to my dear Persis, who did much work in the Lord.

The one who plants and the one who waters work as one, but each will receive his reward according to his work.

Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is.

If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward.

If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire.

We do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure,

You may have 10,000 mentors who work for the Messiah, but not many fathers. For in the Messiah Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

and ye are having been puffed up, and did not rather mourn, that he may be removed out of the midst of you who did this work,

Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord?

or only I and Barnabas, have we not authority -- not to work?

Or is he not surely speaking for our benefit? It was written for us, because the one plowing and threshing ought to work in hope of enjoying the harvest.

You know that those who work in the Temple get their food from the Temple and that those who serve at the altar get their share of its offerings, don't you?

For if I do this work of my own free will, then I have a reward; but if it is not of my will [but by God’s choosing], I have been entrusted with a [sacred] stewardship.

diversities in work, and yet one and the same God--He who in each person brings about the whole result.

and all these doth work the one and the same Spirit, dividing to each severally as he intendeth.

But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

because a door has opened wide for me to do effective work, although many people are opposing me.

Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do.

to submit yourselves to people like these and to anyone else who shares their labor and hard work.

And I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for they have done what was needed to make your work complete.

But if we are afflicted, [it is] for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, [it is] for your comfort that is at work in the patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer.

It is not that we are trying to rule over your faith, but rather to work with you for your joy, because you have been standing firm in the faith.

For you are clearly a letter of Christ, the fruit of our work, recorded not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in stone, but in hearts of flesh.

And so death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

for the momentary light matter of our tribulation, more and more exceedingly an age-during weight of glory doth work out for us --

And He who did work us to this self-same thing is God, who also did give to us the earnest of the Spirit;

But all things are of God, who has made us at peace with himself through Christ, and has given to us the work of making peace;

Giving no cause for trouble in anything, so that no one may be able to say anything against our work;

in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in hard work, sleepless nights, and hunger;

for the sorrow toward God reformation to salvation not to be repented of doth work, and the sorrow of the world doth work death,

for, lo, this same thing -- your being made sorry toward God -- how much diligence it doth work in you! but defence, but displeasure, but fear, but longing desire, but zeal, but revenge; in every thing ye did approve yourselves to be pure in the matter.

So we urged Titus to finish this work of kindness among you in the same way that he had started it.

Indeed, the more your faith, speech, knowledge, enthusiasm, and love for us increase, the more we want you to be rich in this work of kindness.

And we are sending along with him the brother who is praised by all the churches for his work in spreading the gospel.

More than that, he has also been selected by the churches to travel with us while we are administering this work of kindness for the glory of the Lord and as evidence of our eagerness to help.

As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker in your service; and as for the [other two] brothers, they are [special] messengers of the churches, a glory and credit to Christ.

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

in every thing being enriched to all liberality, which doth work through us thanksgiving to God,

For this work of giving not only takes care of the needs of the saints, but is the cause of much praise to God;

For when, through this work of giving, they see what you are, they give glory to God for the way in which you have given yourselves to the good news of Christ, and for the wealth of your giving to them and to all;

But we will not boast beyond certain limits, but will confine our boasting according to the limits of the work to which God has appointed us, that reaches even as far as you.

We are not boasting about work done by others that cannot be evaluated. On the contrary, we cherish the hope that your faith may continue to grow and enlarge our sphere of action among you until it overflows.

so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person's area.

I took money from other churches as payment for my work, so that I might be your servant;

But I will go on doing what I'm doing in order to deny an opportunity to those people who want an opportunity to be recognized as our equals in the work they are boasting about.

Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death.

in hard work and toil, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing.

And I went up by revelation; and I put before them the good news which I was preaching among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were of good name, so that the work which I was or had been doing might not be without effect.

since the One at work in Peter for an apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in me for the Gentiles.

So then, does God supply you with the Spirit and work miracles among you by the works of the law or by hearing with faith?

I am afraid for you! I don't want my work for you to have been wasted!

But the fruit of the Spirit [the result of His presence within us] is love [unselfish concern for others], joy, [inner] peace, patience [not the ability to wait, but how we act while waiting], kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another.

Because every man is responsible for his part of the work.

Therefore, as we have opportunity, we must work for the good of all, especially for those who belong to the household of faith.