12 Greet those workers in the Lord, Tryphaena and Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Persis, who has worked hard in the Lord.

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12 Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, those women who work hard in the Lord.

Greet my dear friend Persis, another woman who has worked very hard in the Lord.

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Final Instructions and Benediction

12 We ask you, brothers, (A)to respect those who labor among you and (B)are over you in the Lord and admonish you, 13 and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work. (C)Be at peace among yourselves.

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Final Instructions

12 Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard(A) among you, who care for you in the Lord(B) and who admonish you. 13 Hold them in the highest regard in love because of their work. Live in peace with each other.(C)

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10 For (A)God is not unjust so as to overlook (B)your work and the love that you have shown for his name in (C)serving the saints, as you still do. 11 And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance (D)of hope until the end,

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10 God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.(A) 11 We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope(B) for may be fully realized.

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16 (A)be subject to such as these, and to every fellow worker and laborer.

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16 to submit(A) to such people and to everyone who joins in the work and labors at it.

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58 (A)Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in (B)the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord (C)your labor is not in vain.

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58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord,(A) because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.(B)

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17 Let the elders (A)who rule well be considered worthy of (B)double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching. 18 For the Scripture says, (C)“You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, (D)“The laborer deserves his wages.”

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17 The elders(A) who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor,(B) especially those whose work is preaching and teaching. 18 For Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,”[a](C) and “The worker deserves his wages.”[b](D)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 5:18 Deut. 25:4
  2. 1 Timothy 5:18 Luke 10:7

10 For to this end we toil and strive,[a] because we have our hope set on the living God, (A)who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 4:10 Some manuscripts and suffer reproach

10 That is why we labor and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God,(A) who is the Savior of all people,(B) and especially of those who believe.

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remembering before (A)our God and Father (B)your work of faith and labor of (C)love and (D)steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

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We remember before our God and Father(A) your work produced by faith,(B) your labor prompted by love,(C) and your endurance inspired by hope(D) in our Lord Jesus Christ.

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12 (A)Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always (B)struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand (C)mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

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12 Epaphras,(A) who is one of you(B) and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you,(C) that you may stand firm in all the will of God, mature(D) and fully assured.

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29 For this (A)I toil, (B)struggling (C)with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.

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29 To this end I strenuously(A) contend(B) with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me.(C)

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

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10 But by the grace(A) of God I am what I am, and his grace to me(B) was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them(C)—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.(D)

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38 therefore (A)pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to (B)send out laborers into his harvest.”

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38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

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