“not lagging in diligence; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;”
— WEB
Romans 12:11
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;”
— KJV
“in diligence not slothful; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;”
— ASV
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Commentary
not slothful in business--The word rendered "business" means "zeal," "diligence," "purpose"; denoting the energy of action. serving the Lord--that is, the Lord Jesus (see Eph 6:5-8). Another reading--"serving the time," or "the occasion"--which differs in form but very slightly from the received reading, has been adopted by good critics [LUTHER, OLSHAUSEN, FRITZSCHE, MEYER]. But as manuscript authority is decidedly against it, so is internal evidence; and comparatively few favor it. Nor is the sense which it yields a very Christian one.
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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