to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your hands, as we commanded you.

For the hidden power of lawlessness is already at work. However, the one who holds him back will do so until he is taken out of the way,

For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this way: “And God rested on the seventh day from all his works,”

for gold and silver items, and for all the work of the craftsmen. Who else wants to contribute to the Lord today?”

equip you with every good thing to do his will, working in us what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Amen.

including craftsmen, builders, and masons, and should buy wood and chiseled stone for the repair work.

And between the room above the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and traders worked.

One day he went into the house to do his work when none of the household servants were there in the house.

For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight – the only thing that matters is faith working through love.

You are to weave the tunic of fine linen and make the turban of fine linen, and make the sash the work of an embroiderer.

and told Moses, “The people are bringing much more than is needed for the completion of the work which the Lord commanded us to do!”

He made the special curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen; he made it with cherubim, the work of an artistic designer.

Hiram also made basins, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on the Lord’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon.

Huram Abi made the pots, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on God’s temple he had been assigned by King Solomon.

Solomon did not assign Israelites to these work crews; the Israelites served as his soldiers, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces.

who shows no partiality to princes, and does not take note of the rich more than the poor, because all of them are the work of his hands?

Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but (as if it were possible) by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone,

If someone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as through fire.

For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them.

Now to him who by the power that is working within us is able to do far beyond all that we ask or think,