Work & Labor
The theme of work in the Bible: the value of labor, responsibility and doing one's work meaningfully before God. Chapters on labor from Genesis to the letters.
In the Bible, work is not merely a means of provision but a sphere of responsibility, faithfulness and service. The chapters below treat the value of labor, warnings against laziness and carrying out work with integrity from different angles. Each link takes you straight to the reading page.
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- Genesis 2
The second chapter of the creation account gives a closer telling of humankind formed from the ground, placed in the garden of Eden, and the making of the first human companionship.
- Proverbs 6
- Proverbs 14
- Ecclesiastes 3
The chapter known for 'For everything there is a season' reflects on the opposite seasons of life — birth and death, weeping and laughter.
- Ephesians 4
A chapter calling to life together — keeping unity amid difference, putting off old habits to put on a new self, and building one another up in love.
- Colossians 3
A chapter on how faith shapes everyday life, calling readers to lay aside old anger and grudges and to put on a new life woven from compassion, forgiveness and thankfulness.
- 1 Thessalonians 4
- 1 Corinthians 15
Paul's chapter on the resurrection, presenting Jesus' victory over death as the foundation of the gospel and giving believers the hope that death is not the final word.
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