Effort

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men;

Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.

• Apostles
• Call

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. read more But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: show less

Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:

Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

• Quickening
• Words

It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

• Punishment

And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;

Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh?

Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.

All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.

Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;