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⁹And so, let us not be deficient in doing good. For in due time, we shall reap without fail.

¹³Everything is possible in him who has strengthened me.

²³In every work, there shall be abundance. But where there are many words, there is often need.

⁷Cast all your cares upon him, for he takes care of you.

⁶Go to the ant, you lazy one, and consider her ways, and so learn wisdom. ⁷For though she has no ruler, nor instructor, nor leader, ⁸she provides meals for herself in the summer, and she gathers at the harvest what she may eat. ⁹How long will you slumber, you lazy one? When will you rise up from your sleep? ¹⁰You will sleep a little, you will slumber a little, you will fold your hands a little to sleep, ¹¹and then destitution will meet with you, like a traveler, and poverty, like an armed man. Yet truly, if you would be diligent, then your harvest will arrive like a fountain, and destitution will flee far from you.

⁴The lazy one is willing and then not willing. But the soul of he who labors shall be made fat.

⁵⁸And so, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and unmovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not useless in the Lord.

¹¹in solicitude, not lazy; in spirit, fervent; serving the Lord;

¹⁰Then, too, while we were with you, we insisted on this to you: that if anyone was not willing to work, neither should he eat. ¹¹For we have heard that there are some among you who act disruptively, not working at all, but eagerly meddling. ¹²Now we charge those who act in this way, and we beg them in the Lord Jesus Christ, that they work in silence and eat their own bread.

²³Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as for the Lord, and not for men.

⁴Because of the cold, the lazy one was not willing to plough. Therefore, in the summer, he will beg, and it will not be given to him.

⁵Reveal your way to the Lord, and hope in him, and he will accomplish it.

²⁴The hand of the strong will rule. But anyone who is neglectful will pay tribute.

¹¹Yet we desire that each one of you display the same solicitude toward the fulfillment of hope, even unto the end, ¹²so that you may not be slow to act, but instead may be imitators of those who, through faith and patience, shall inherit the promises.

³³Therefore, seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added to you as well.

¹²Blessed is the man who suffers temptation. For when he has been proven, he shall receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him.

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.

¹³Temptation should not take hold of you, except what is human. For God is faithful, and he will not permit you to be tempted beyond your ability. Instead, he will effect his Providence, even during temptation, so that you may be able to bear it.

²⁶But his lord said to him in response: ‘You evil and lazy servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered. ²⁷Therefore, you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and then, at my arrival, at least I would have received what is mine with interest. ²⁸And so, take the talent away from him and give it to the one who has ten talents. ²⁹For to everyone who has, more shall be given, and he shall have in abundance. But from him who has not, even what he seems to have, shall be taken away. ³⁰And cast that useless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’