Romans 12:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹¹Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Romans 12:11 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Hebrews 6:10-11
For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. …
Acts 18:25
This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John.
Revelation 3:15-16
I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. …
1 Peter 4:8
And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.
Proverbs 13:4
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Topics

Commandments Decision Devotion Diligence Discipleship Disobedience to God Duty Economics

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-21)

We may observe here, according to the scheme mentioned in the contents, the apostle’s exhortations, I. Concerning our duty to God, We see what is godliness. 1. It is to surrender ourselves to God, and so to lay a good foundation. We must first give our own selves unto the Lord, 2 Cor. 8:5. This is here pressed as the spring of all duty and obedience, Rom. 12:1, 2. Man consists of body and soul, Ge…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 11)

11. not slothful in business--The word rendered “business” means “zeal,” “diligence,” “purpose”; denoting the energy of action. serving the Lord--that is, the Lord Jesus (see Ep 6:5-8). Another reading--“serving the time,” or “the occasion”--which differs in form but very slightly from the received reading, has been adopted by good critics [Luther, Olshausen, Fritzsche, Meyer]. But as manuscript a…