Pengkhotbah 9:10

9:10 Whatever you find to do with your hands, ¹ 

do it with all your might,

because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, ² 

the place where you will eventually go. ³ 

Roma 13:11

Motivation to Godly Conduct

13:11 And do this ⁴  because we know ⁵  the time, that it is already the hour for us to awake from sleep, for our salvation is now nearer than when we became believers.

Galatia 6:10

6:10 So then, ⁶  whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who belong to the family of faith. ⁷ 

Kolose 4:5

4:5 Conduct yourselves ⁸  with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunities.

[9:10]  ¹ tn Heb “Whatever your hand finds to do.”

[9:10]  ² tn Heb “Sheol.”

[9:10]  ³ tn Or “where you are about to go.”

[13:11]  ⁴ tn Grk “and this,” probably referring to the command to love (13:8-10); hence, “do” is implied from the previous verses.

[13:11]  ⁵ tn The participle εἰδότες (eidotes) has been translated as a causal adverbial participle.

[6:10]  ⁶ tn There is a double connective here that cannot be easily preserved in English: “consequently therefore,” emphasizing the conclusion of what Paul has been arguing.

[6:10]  ⁷ tn Grk “to those who are members of the family of [the] faith.”

[4:5]  ⁸ tn Grk “walk.” The verb περιπατέω (peripatew) is a common NT idiom for one’s lifestyle, behavior, or manner of conduct (L&N 41.11).