TSK · Romans 12:11

Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise!

The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied.

You have seen a person skilled in his work– he will take his position before kings; he will not take his position before obscure people.

The sluggard has said,“There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!”

All their watchmen are blind, they are unaware. All of them are like mute dogs, unable to bark. They pant, lie down, and love to snooze.

But his master answered,‘Evil and lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I didn’t sow and gather where I didn’t scatter?

serving the Lord with all humility and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me because of the plots of the Jews.

For the one who was called in the Lord as a slave is the Lord’s freedman. In the same way, the one who was called as a free person is Christ’s slave.

Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ,

Masters, treat your slaves with justice and fairness, because you know that you also have a master in heaven.

to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you.

And besides that, going around from house to house they learn to be lazy, and they are not only lazy, but also gossips and busybodies, talking about things they should not.

For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints.

So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness.

Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins.

‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either cold or hot!