¹⁰ For we are His workmanship, ^(A)created in ^(B)Christ Jesus for ^(C)good works, which God ^(D)prepared beforehand so that we would ^(E)walk in them.

¹⁵ Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and tend it.

The King of Glory Entering Zion.

A Psalm of David.

¹⁷ Otherwise, ^(A)you may say in your heart, ‘My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.’ ¹⁸ But you are to remember the Lord your God, for ^(B)it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, in order to confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

^15 [a]He is the ^(A)image of the ^(B)invisible God, the ^(C)firstborn of all creation: ¹⁶ for ^[b](D)by Him all things were created, ^(E)both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether ^(F)thrones, or dominions, or rulers, or authorities—^(G)all things have been created through Him and for Him.

²³ Whatever you do, do your work ^[a]heartily, ^(A)as for the Lord and not for people, ^24 (B)knowing that it is from the Lord that you will receive the reward ^[b]of ^(C)the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you ^(D)serve.

²¹ His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and ^(A)faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will ^(B)put you in charge of many things; enter the joy of your ^[a]master.’

⁴ For ^(A)just as we have many parts in one body and all ^[a]the body’s parts do not have the same function, ⁵ so we, ^(B)who are many, are ^(C)one body in Christ, and individually parts of one another. ⁶ However, since we have gifts that ^(D)differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to use them properly: if ^(E)prophecy, ^[b]in proportion to one’s faith; ⁷ if ^[c](F)service, in the act of serving; or the one who ^(G)teaches, in the act of teaching;

¹⁵ So then, ^[a]be careful how you ^(A)walk, not ^(B)as unwise people but as wise, ^16 [b](C)making the most of your time, because ^(D)the days are evil. ¹⁷ Therefore do not be foolish, but ^(E)understand what the will of the Lord is.