Elders who lead effectively are worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, all
But we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who work diligently among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admon
Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor.
Stay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are offered. For the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move
Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their fait
The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops.
Welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor men like him,
if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is giving, let him give generously; if it is leading, let him lead with d
The islanders honored us in many ways and supplied our needs when we were ready to sail.
As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them two by two ahead of Him to every town and place He was a
Have we no right to take along a believing wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord’s brothers and Cephas?
They were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual blessings
Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have contended at my side for the gospel, along with Cle
to submit to such as these, and to every fellow worker and laborer.
This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.
For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?
After they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me, what can I do for you before I am taken away from you?” “P
Pay close attention to your life and to your teaching. Persevere in these things, for by so doing you will save both you
Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and encourage with every form of patient inst
See, I have told you in advance.
Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, women who have worked hard in the Lord. Greet my beloved Persis, who has worked very hard i
Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.
Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings.
I sent you to reap what you have not worked for; others have done the hard work, and now you have taken up their labor.”
In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesu
as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.
And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to giv
Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.
To this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, and espe
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet no
And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of
For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardon
Let my persecutors be put to shame, but do not let me be put to shame. Let them be terrified, but do not let me be terri
Honor the widows who are truly widows.
By pointing out these things to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of fait