2 Corinthians 9:12-14
9:12 because the service of this ministry is not only providing for
the needs of the saints but is also overflowing with many thanks to God.
9:13 Through the evidence
of this service
they will glorify God because of your obedience to your confession in the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your sharing
with them and with everyone.
9:14 And in their prayers on your behalf they long for you because of the extraordinary grace God has shown to you.
Philippians 1:9-11
1:9 And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight
1:10 so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ,
1:11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.
Titus 3:14
3:14 Here is another way that our people
can learn
to engage in good works to meet pressing needs and so not be unfruitful.
Hebrews 6:10
6:10 For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints.
James 2:14
Faith and Works Together
2:14 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith save him?
James 2:17
2:17 So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead being by itself.