Wasting Time

Whatever you do, work at it with your whole being, as for the Lord and not for men,

How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep? …

So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.

To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven:

Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise. …

You do not even know what will happen tomorrow! What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.

Act wisely toward outsiders, redeeming the time.

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;

…you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

He who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing good with his own hands, that he may have something to share with the one in need.

For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.