She looks at land and buys it, and with money she has earned she plants a vineyard.

Righteousness gives life, but violence takes it away.

Your work will provide for your needs; you will be happy and prosperous.

You will know them by what they do. Thorn bushes do not bear grapes, and briers do not bear figs.

So then, you will know the false prophets by what they do.

What did you gain from doing the things that you are now ashamed of ? The result of those things is death!

But now you have been set free from sin and are the slaves of God. Your gain is a life fully dedicated to him, and the result is eternal life.

It is not that I just want to receive gifts; rather, I want to see profit added to your account.

You will always have poor people with you, and any time you want to, you can help them. But you will not always have me.

Now, I assure you that wherever the gospel is preached all over the world, what she has done will be told in memory of her."

So Peter got ready and went with them. When he arrived, he was taken to the room upstairs, where all the widows crowded around him, crying and showing him all the shirts and coats that Dorcas had made while she was alive.

I recommend to you our sister Phoebe, who serves the church at Cenchreae.

I send greetings to Priscilla and Aquila, my fellow workers in the service of Christ Jesus;

In the same way good deeds are plainly seen, and even those that are not so plain cannot be hidden.

God is not unfair. He will not forget the work you did or the love you showed for him in the help you gave and are still giving to other Christians.

Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this: Happy are those who from now on die in the service of the Lord!" "Yes indeed!" answers the Spirit. "They will enjoy rest from their hard work, because the results of their service go with them."