in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

殷勤，不可懒惰；要心里火热，常常服侍主。

殷勤，不可懒惰。要灵里火热；常常服侍主。

殷勤，不可懒惰。要灵里火热；常常服侍主。

要殷勤，不可懒惰，要常常火热地事奉主。

殷勤不可懒惰，心灵要火热，常常服事主；

殷勤而不懒惰，灵里时时火热，常常服事主。

殷勤，不可懶惰；要心裏火熱，常常服事主。

殷勤，不可懶惰。要靈裏火熱；常常服侍主。

殷勤，不可懶惰。要靈裏火熱；常常服侍主。

要殷勤，不可懶惰，要常常火熱地事奉主。

殷勤不可懶惰，心靈要火熱，常常服事主；

論熱切、要不因循；心靈要火熱；對主要服事；

殷勤而不懶惰，靈裡時時火熱，常常服事主。

勤而毋怠、熱衷事主、

論勤則勿怠、論志則宜銳、論主則當事、

當殷勤勿怠、中熱志銳、且奉事主、

處事切忌因循、事主何妨熱烈。

Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.

Stay excited about your faith as you serve the Lord.

Do not be slothful in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.

Never be lazy, but work hard and serve the Lord enthusiastically.

Do not lack diligence in zeal; be fervent in the Spirit; serve the Lord.

not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;

not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;

Do not lack diligence; be fervent in spirit; serve the Lord.

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord.

not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister.And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spake and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John:

I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.So because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth.

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins:

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.

Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which they received of us.For yourselves know how ye ought to imitate us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;neither did we eat bread for nought at any man’s hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.For we hear of some that walk among you disorderly, that work not at all, but are busybodies.Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.

And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold.

But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to Jehovah.

Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

Servants, be obedient unto them that according to the flesh are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;not in the way of eyeservice, as men- pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;with good will doing service, as unto the Lord, and not unto men:knowing that whatsoever good thing each one doeth, the same shall he receive again from the Lord, whether he be bond or free.

The sluggard saith, There is a lion in the way; A lion is in the streets.As the door turneth upon its hinges, So doth the sluggard upon his bed.The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit Than seven men that can render a reason.

Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby we may offer service well- pleasing to God with reverence and awe:

Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;that ye may walk becomingly toward them that are without, and may have need of nothing.

serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind, and with tears, and with trials which befell me by the plots of the Jews;

And withal they learn also to be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

Servants, obey in all things them that are your masters according to the flesh; not with eye- service, as men- pleasers, but in singleness of heart, fearing the Lord:whatsoever ye do, work heartily, as unto the Lord, and not unto men;knowing that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance: ye serve the Lord Christ.

I went by the field of the sluggard, And by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, The face thereof was covered with nettles, And the stone wall thereof was broken down.Then I beheld, and considered well; I saw, and received instruction:Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; Consider her ways, and be wise:Which having no chief, Overseer, or ruler,Provideth her bread in the summer, And gathereth her food in the harvest.How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters, and to be well- pleasing to them in all things; not gainsaying;not purloining, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

But his lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did not scatter;

But I have this against thee, that thou didst leave thy first love.

He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.

Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.For I bear him witness, that he hath much labor for you, and for them in Laodicea, and for them in Hierapolis.

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, whither thou goest.

For he that was called in the Lord being a bondservant, is the Lord’s freedman: likewise he that was called being free, is Christ’s bondservant.