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faith,” here the initial act of faith at conversion (turning to God, v. 9); in 2 Thess. 1:11,
“
2
work of faith,”
RV
, denotes every activity undertaken for Christ’s sake; 2:17; 1
Tim. 2:10; 5:10; 6:18; 2 Tim. 2:21; 3:17; Titus 2:7, 14; 3:1, 8, 14; Heb. 10:24; 13:21;
frequent in James, as the effect of faith [in 1:25,
KJV
, “(a doer) of the work,”
RV
, “(a doer)
that worketh”]; 1 Pet. 2:12; Rev. 2:2 and in several other places in chs. 2 and 3; 14:13; (d)
of unbelievers, e.g., Matt. 23:3, 5; John 7:7; Acts 7:41 (for idols); Rom. 13:12; Eph. 5:11;
Col. 1:21; Titus 1:16 (1st part); 1 John 3:12; Jude 15,
RV
; Rev. 2:6,
RV
; of those who seek
justification by works, e.g., Rom. 9:32; Gal. 3:10; Eph. 2:9; described as the works of the
law, e.g., Gal. 2:16; 3:2, 5; dead works, Heb. 6:1; 9:14; (e) of Babylon, Rev. 18:6; (f) of
the Devil, John 8:41; 1 John 3:8. See
DEED
.
2.
(
#$ &
, 2039) denotes “a work” or “business,” also “a working,
performance,” Eph. 4:19, where preceded by
, “to,” it is rendered “to work” (marg., “to
make a trade of”). See
DILIGENCE
,
GAIN
.
Notes:
(1) In Rom. 9:28,
KJV
,
, “a word” (
RV
), is rendered “work.” (2) For
, Jas. 3:16, rendered “work” in
KJV
, the
RV
has “deed.” (3) For
@
, “a doing,”
Matt. 16:27,
RV
marg.,
KJV
, “works, see
DEED
. (4) For the
KJV
, “much work,” Acts 27:16,
see
DIFFICULTY
. (5) For “workfellow,” Rom. 16:21,
KJV
, see
WORKER
, No. 2. (6) In Matt.
14:2 and Mark 6:14,
KJV
,
$
, “powers,”
RV
, is translated “mighty works”; in Acts
2:22,
RV
, “mighty works,”
KJV
, “miracles.” (7) For “wonderful works” see
WONDERFUL
,
Note
(2).
B. Verbs.
1.
(
#$ 1
, 2038) is used (I) intransitively, e.g., Matt. 21:28; John 5:17;
9:4 (2nd part); Rom. 4:4, 5; 1 Cor. 4:12; 9:6; 1 Thess. 2:9; 4:11; 2 Thess. 3:8, 10-12 (for
the play upon words in v. 11 see
BUSYBODY
, A); (II) transitively, (a) “to work something,
produce, perform,” e.g., Matt. 26:10, “she hath wrought”; John 6:28, 30; 9:4 (1st part);
Acts 10:35; 13:41; Rom. 2:10; 13:10; 1 Cor. 16:10; 2 Cor. 7:10a, in the best texts, some
have No. 2; Gal. 6:10,
RV
, “let us work”; Eph. 4:28; Heb. 11:33; 2 John 8; (b) “to earn by
working, work for,” John 6:27,
RV
, “work” (
KJV
, “labor”). See
COMMIT
,
DO
,
LABOR
,
MINISTER
,
TRADE
.
2.
(
$ 1
, 2716), an emphatic form of No. 1, signifies “to work
out, achieve, effect by toil,” rendered “to work” (past tense, “wrought”) in Rom. 1:27;
2:9,
RV
; 4:15 (the Law brings men under condemnation and so renders them subject to
divine wrath); 5:3; 7:8, 13; 15:18; 2 Cor. 4:17; 5:5; 7:10 (see No. 1), 11; 12:12; Phil.
2:12, where “your own salvation” refers especially to freedom from strife and vainglory;
Jas. 1:3, 20; 1 Pet. 4:3. See
DO
, No. 5.
3.
(
#
$ !
, 1754), lit., “to work in” ( , and A, No. 1), “to be active,
operative,” is used of “(a) God, 1 Cor. 12:6; Gal. 2:8; 3:5; Eph. 1:11, 20; 3:20; Phil.
2:13a; Col. 1:29; (b) the Holy Spirit, 1 Cor, 12:11; (c) the Word of God, 1 Thess. 2:13
(middle voice;
KJV
, ‘effectually worketh’); (d) supernatural power, undefined, Matt. 14:2;
Mark 6:14; (e) faith, as the energizer of love, Gal. 5:6; (f) the example of patience in
suffering, 2 Cor. 1:6; (g) death (physical) and life (spiritual), 2 Cor. 4:12; (h) sinful