doing your best
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23Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as for the Lord, and not for men. 24For you know that you will receive from the Lord the repayment of an inheritance. Serve Christ the Lord.
15Be solicitous in the task of presenting yourself before God as a proven and unashamed worker who has handled the Word of Truth correctly.
17Let everything whatsoever that you do, whether in word or in deed, be done all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
24Do you not know that, of those who run in a race, all of them, certainly, are runners, but only one achieves the prize. Similarly, you must run, so that you may achieve. 25And one who competes in a contest abstains from all things. And they do this, of course, so that they may achieve a corruptible crown. But we do this, so that we may achieve what is incorruptible.
4The lazy one is willing and then not willing. But the soul of he who labors shall be made fat.
31Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever else you may do, do everything for the glory of God.
10Whatever your hand is able to do, do it earnestly. For neither work, nor reason, nor wisdom, nor knowledge will exist in death, toward which you are hurrying.
13Everything is possible in him who has strengthened me.
7In all things, present yourself as an example of good works: in doctrine, with integrity, with seriousness,
23Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as for the Lord, and not for men.
3Open your works to the Lord, and your intentions will be set in order.
4The neglectful hand has wrought destitution. But the hand of the steadfast prepares riches. He who advances by lies, this one feeds on the wind. For he is the same as one who runs after flying birds. 5He who gathers the harvest is a wise son. But he who snores in warm weather is a son of confusion.