And I sent messengers to them, saying, “I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?”
We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.
“Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
Practice these things, immerse yourself in them, so that all may see your progress. Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.
saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’
The simple believes everything, but the prudent gives thought to his steps.
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going.
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