Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates.
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands; you shall be blessed, and it shall be well with you.
For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.
And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”
I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae, that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and help her in whatever she may need from you, for she has been a patron of many and of myself as well. Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks but all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks as well.
You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit.
For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me. She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial. And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.”
She considers a field and buys it; with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever captures souls is wise.
So also good works are conspicuous, and even those that are not cannot remain hidden.
So Peter rose and went with them. And when he arrived, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him weeping and showing tunics and other garments that Dorcas made while she was with them.
Thus you will recognize them by their fruits.
Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you.
Greet those workers in the Lord, Tryphaena and Tryphosa. Greet the beloved Persis, who has worked hard in the Lord.
But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life.
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