wastefulness

²⁰There is desirable treasure, as well as oil, in the habitations of the just. And the imprudent man will waste it.

¹⁵And so, brothers, see to it that you walk cautiously, not like the foolish, ¹⁶but like the wise: atoning for this age, because this is an evil time. ¹⁷For this reason, do not choose to be imprudent. Instead, understand what is the will of God.

¹²Then, when they were filled, he said to his disciples, “Gather the fragments that are left over, lest they be lost.” ¹³And so they gathered, and they filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which were left over from those who had eaten.

¹²Then, when they were filled, he said to his disciples, “Gather the fragments that are left over, lest they be lost.”

⁶But we strongly caution you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to draw yourselves away from every brother who is walking in disorder and not according to the tradition that they received from us. ⁷For you yourselves know the manner in which you ought to imitate us. For we were not disorderly among you. ⁸Nor did we eat bread from anyone for free, but rather, we worked night and day, in hardship and weariness, so as not to be burdensome to you. ⁹It was not as if we had no authority, but this was so that we might present ourselves as an example to you, in order to imitate us. 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.

¹⁶For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that all who believe in him may not perish, but may have eternal life. ¹⁷For God did not send his Son into the world, in order to judge the world, but in order that the world may be saved through him.

⁹Whoever is dissolute and slack in his work is the brother of him who wastes his own works.

¹⁶Behold, I created the smith who fans the coals of the fire and produces an object by his work, and I have created the slayer who destroys.

²³Much nourishment is in the fallow land of the fathers. But for others, it is gathered without judgment.

¹⁶but like the wise: atoning for this age, because this is an evil time. ¹⁷For this reason, do not choose to be imprudent. Instead, understand what is the will of God.

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

²²And when you will have harvested the grain fields of your land, you shall not cut it down all the way to the ground; neither shall you gather the remnants of the ears of grain, but you shall leave these for paupers and strangers. I am the Lord your God.

⁴⁹Behold, this was the iniquity of Sodom, your sister: arrogance, indulgence in bread and abundance, and the idleness of her and her daughters; and they did not reach out their hand to the needy and the poor.

¹The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, in order to make known to his servants the things that must soon occur, and which he signified by sending his Angel to his servant John;