'Work' in the Bible

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.

which were once habitual to you while you walked in the ways of this world and obeyed the Prince of the powers of the air, the spirits that are now at work in the hearts of the sons of disobedience--to you God has given Life.

if, that is, you have heard of the work which God has graciously entrusted to me for your benefit,

in which I have been appointed to serve, in virtue of the work which God, in the exercise of His power within me, has graciously entrusted to me.

To me who am less than the least of all God's people has this work been graciously entrusted--to proclaim to the Gentiles the Good News of the exhaustless wealth of Christ,

and help everyone see how this secret that has been at work was hidden for ages by God, who created all things.

So then, I ask you not to become discouraged because of my troubles on your behalf, which work toward your glory.

Now to Him who is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly more than all that we dare ask or think [infinitely beyond our greatest prayers, hopes, or dreams], according to His power that is at work within us,

For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:

Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.

and do not give the Devil an opportunity to work.

The thief must no longer steal. Instead, he must do honest work with his own hands, so that he has something to share with anyone in need.

Don’t work only while being watched, in order to please men, but as slaves of Christ, do God’s will from your heart.

Doing your work readily, as to the Lord, and not to men:

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

for I know [with confidence] that this will turn out for my deliverance and spiritual well-being, through your prayers and the [superabundant] supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ [which upholds me].

Now if I live on in the flesh, this means fruitful work for me; and I don’t know which one I should choose.

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

for God it is who is working in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

as you hold firmly to the word of life. Then I will be proud when the Messiah returns that I did not run in vain or work hard in vain.

And even if I am offered like a drink offering, giving myself for the cause and work of your faith, I am glad and have joy with you all:

But ye know the proof of him, that, as a child a father, he has served with me in the work of the glad tidings.

But it seemed to me necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, who has taken part with me in the work and in the fight, and your servant, sent by you for help in my need;

Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to agree and to work in harmony in the Lord.

And I make request to you, true helper in my work, to see to the needs of those women who took part with me in the good news, with Clement and the rest of my brother-workers whose names are in the book of life.

That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

I became its servant as God commissioned me to work for you, so that I may complete my ministry of the word of God.

I work hard and struggle to do this, using the energy that he powerfully provides in me.

and all, whatever ye may do in word or in work, do all things in the name of the Lord Jesus -- giving thanks to the God and Father, through him.

Slaves, obey your human masters in everything. Don’t work only while being watched, in order to please men, but work wholeheartedly, fearing the Lord.

Whatever you do, work at it wholeheartedly as though you were doing it for the Lord and not merely for people.

Tychicus, our much-loved brother, a trusty assistant and fellow servant with us in the Lord's work, will give you every information about me.

Say to Archippus, See that you do the work which the Lord has given you to do.

Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father;

Here is another reason why we constantly give thanks to God: When you received God's word, which you heard from us, you did not accept it as the word of humans but for what it really is the word of God, which is at work in you who believe.

But when I could stand it no longer, I sent Timothy to find out about your faith. I was afraid that the tempter had tempted you in some way, and that our work had been a waste of time.

And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you;