<p class="bodytext">Now if Timothy comes, see that he has nothing to fear among you, for he is doing the Lord&#8217;s work, as I am too.

For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death.

So then,<n id="1" /> whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who belong to the family of faith.<n id="2" />p>

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

Through faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice,<n id="1" /> gained what was promised,<n id="2" /> shut the mouths of lions,

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;What<n id="1" /> do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, &#8216;Son, go and work in the vineyard today.&#8217;

When<n id="1" /> Jesus learned of this, he said to them, &#8220;Why are you bothering this woman? She<n id="2" /> has done a good service for me.

But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, so that it may be plainly evident that his deeds have been done in God.<n id="1" />p>

But to the one who does not work, but believes in the one who declares the ungodly righteous,<n id="1" /> his faith is credited as righteousness.p>

Don&#8217;t you know that those who serve in the temple<n id="1" /> eat food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar receive a part of the offerings?

The one who steals must steal no longer; rather he must labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with the one who has need.

and we did not eat anyone&#8217;s food without paying.<n id="1" /> Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked<n id="2" /> night and day in order not to burden any of you.

For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command: &#8220;If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat.&#8221;

Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat.<n id="1" />

Do not work for the food that disappears,<n id="1" /> but for the food that remains to eternal life &#8211; the food<n id="2" /> which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him.&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

<p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<b><i>Look, you scoffers; be amazed and perish!i>b><n id="1" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>For I am doing a work in your days,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>a work you would never believe, even if someone tells youb>.i>&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

For you recall, brothers and sisters,<n id="1" /> our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God.

<p class="poetry">because in a single hour such great wealth has been destroyed!&#8221;<n id="1" />p> <p class="bodytext">And every ship&#8217;s captain,<n id="2" /> and all who sail along the coast<n id="3" /> &#8211; seamen, and all who<n id="4" /> make their living from the sea, stood a long way off

But the president of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, &#8220;There are six days on which work<n id="1" /> should be done!<n id="2" /> So come<n id="3" /> and be healed on those days, and not on the Sabbath day.&#8221;