Quotes About Action

On the third day, they threw the shipís tackle overboard with their own hands.

Cutting away the anchors, they left them in the sea as they loosened the ropes that held the rudders. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and made for the beach.

For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous.

I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.

if it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach;

For whoever serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by men.

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of talk but of power.

Again, if the trumpet sounds a muffled call, who will prepare for battle?

So we urged Titus to help complete your act of grace, just as he had started it.

I am not making a demand, but I am testing the sincerity of your love in comparison to the earnestness of others.

And this is my opinion about what is helpful for you in this matter: Last year you were the first not only to give, but even to have such a desire.

Now finish the work, so that you may complete it just as eagerly as you began, according to your means.

For not only did he welcome our appeal, but he is eagerly coming to you of his own volition.

In full view of the churches, then, show these men the proof of your love and the reason for our boasting about you.

Now we pray to God that you will not do anything wrong—not that we will appear to have stood the test, but that you will do what is right, even if we appear to have failed.

Nevertheless, it is good to be zealous if it serves a noble purpose—at any time, and not only when I am with you.

Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.

Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

Tell Archippus: “See to it that you complete the ministry you have received in the Lord.”

encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good word and deed.

Yet we hear that some of you are leading undisciplined lives and accomplishing nothing but being busybodies.