²¹ So we labored at the work, and half of them held the spears from break of dawn until the stars came out.

⁹ So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.^(A)

²⁹ For this I toil and strive with all the energy that he powerfully inspires within me.^(A)

⁵⁸ Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.^(A)

¹⁰ But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me has not been in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I but the grace of God that is with me.^(A)