Romans 12:11 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹¹ in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ Never lag in zeal and in earnest endeavor; be aglow and burning with the Spirit, serving the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

Common English Bible

¹¹ Don’t hesitate to be enthusiastic—be on fire in the Spirit as you serve the Lord!

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ in solicitude, not lazy; in spirit, fervent; serving the Lord;

Romans 12:11 Cross References

Acts 18:25

This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spake and taught carefully the things concerning Jesus, knowing only the baptism of John:

1 Peter 4:8

above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a 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.

Hebrews 12:28

Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby we may offer service well-pleasing to God with reverence and awe:

Ephesians 4:28

Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have whereof to give to him that hath need.

1 Peter 1:22

Seeing ye have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth unto unfeigned love of the brethren, love one another from the heart fervently:

Acts 20:19

serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind, and with tears, and with trials which befell me by the plots of the Jews:

Matthew 24:12

And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold.

Proverbs 10:26

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, So is the sluggard to them that send him.

Proverbs 22:29

Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; He shall not stand before mean men.

Proverbs 18:9

He also that is slack in his work Is brother to him that is a destroyer.

Exodus 5:17

But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.

1 Timothy 5:13

And withal they learn also to be idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

Isaiah 56:10

His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

Revelation 2:4

But I have this against thee, that thou didst leave thy first love.

Colossians 4:1

Masters, render unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.

1 Corinthians 7:22

For he that was called in the Lord, being a bondservant, is the Lord's freedman: likewise he that was called, being free, is Christ's bondservant.

Matthew 25:26

But his lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I did not scatter;

Ecclesiastes 9:10

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.

James 5:16

Confess therefore your sins one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The supplication of a righteous man availeth much in its working.

Proverbs 31:15

She riseth also while it is yet night, And giveth meat to her household, And their task to her maidens.