15 Bible Verses About Working Hard for God and Others



  • Ephesians 6:7-8 is addressed to slaves and promises that the Lord rewards “whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free.”
  • In John 13:14-15 Jesus washes his disciples’ feet and tells them to wash one another’s, and Galatians 5:13 and 1 Peter 4:10 direct freedom and every gift toward serving others.
  • 1 Thessalonians 1:3 traces work to faith, labor to love and endurance to hope, and Hebrews 6:10 counts help given to God’s people as love shown to God.
  • In 1 Corinthians 3:5-9 Paul calls himself and Apollos “only servants” and “co-workers in God’s service,” with God making the seed grow.
  • Asked what works God requires, Jesus answers, “to believe in the one he has sent” (John 6:29).

The Bible asks believers to work wholeheartedly as people serving the Lord, and to spend that work on others. Colossians 3:17 covers “whatever you do,” and Romans 12:11 asks for zeal in serving the Lord. In John 13:14-15 Jesus washes his disciples’ feet and tells them to wash one another’s. Galatians 5:13 and 1 Peter 4:10 direct that service toward other believers, and in Matthew 9:37-38 Jesus asks his disciples to pray for more workers. Work done as for the…

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