in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, ¹  in troubles, ²  in sleepless nights, in hunger,

lest strangers devour ¹  your strength, ²  and your labor ³  benefit ⁴  another man’s house.

also to submit to people like this, and to everyone who cooperates in the work and labors hard.

Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so: with much greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with more severe beatings, facing death many times.

For the one who enters God’s ¹  rest has also rested from his works, just as God did from his own works.

Nor do we boast beyond certain limits ¹  in the work ²  done by others, but we hope ³  that as your faith continues to grow, our work may be greatly expanded ⁴  among you according to our limits, ⁵ 

As for the produce of your land and all your labor, a people you do not know will consume it, and you will be nothing but oppressed and crushed for the rest of your lives.

A laborer’s ¹  appetite ²  works on his behalf, ³  for his hunger ⁴  urges him to work. ⁵ 

So I began to despair ¹  about all the fruit of ²  my labor ³  for which I worked so hard ⁴  on earth. ⁵ 

“You are also to observe ¹  the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors that you have sown in the field, and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year ²  when you have gathered in ³  your harvest ⁴  out of the field.

Then ¹  I heard a voice from heaven say, “Write this: ‘Blessed are the dead, those who die in the Lord from this moment on!’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “so they can rest from their hard work, ²  because their deeds will follow them.” ³ 

Ephraim boasts, ¹  “I am very rich! I have become wealthy! ²  In all that I have done to gain my wealth, ³  no one can accuse me of any offense ⁴  that is actually sinful.” ⁵ 

The king of Egypt said to them, “Moses and Aaron, why do you cause the people to refrain from their work? ¹  Return to your labor!”

Honor ¹  the Lord from your wealth and from the first fruits of all your crops; ² 

What benefit can a worker ¹  gain from his toil? ² 

The farmer who works hard ought to have the first share of the crops.

I struck all the products of your labor ¹  with blight, disease, and hail, and yet you brought nothing to me,’ ²  says the Lord.

Pharaoh was thinking, ¹  “The people of the land are now many, and you are giving them rest from their labor.”

Tell the innocent ¹  it will go well with them, ²  for they will be rewarded for what they have done. ³ 

For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers together until now.