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But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.

At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed.

So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed.

You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of Your servant, our father David: ‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.

I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I spoke privately to those recognized as leaders, for fear that I was running or had already run in vain.

Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

as you hold forth the word of life, in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain.

See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.

You yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not in vain.

For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and that our labor might have been in vain.

O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?