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1 Corinthians 15:58

哥林多前书 15:58

The Passage

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

In the other language

所以，我亲爱的弟兄们，你们务要坚固，不可摇动，常常竭力多做主工；因为知道，你们的劳苦在主里面不是徒然的。

Theme

Labor not in vain

Bring a question to this passage

Many readers arrive here from a real question. These are reflections for how this passage speaks to the questions people bring most often — not an answer about what will happen, but an invitation to sit with it slowly.

How do I face this season of pressure at work?

Paul speaks to people he calls beloved before he calls them steadfast. Under pressure at work, you may hear only the demand to keep producing. This verse offers a different center: labor that belongs to the Lord is not empty. That is not a promise that every project will succeed, or that every workplace demand deserves your obedience. The emphasis is the Lord’s work, not endless activity for its own sake. You can pause to distinguish faithful service from the need to prove yourself through exhaustion. How would steadfastness look today if it meant faithfulness rather than doing more?

Carry thisFaithful work is not the same as endless work.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

I want to learn to love better in this relationship.

Steadfastness can look ordinary when you are learning to love: listening again, admitting a mistake, keeping a promise you would rather forget. This verse speaks of labor in the Lord, not relationship advice directly, but it gives dignity to faithful effort that receives little recognition. Its assurance concerns labor in the Lord; it does not guarantee that another person will respond as you hope. Being immovable need not mean refusing to change your approach or remaining available for harm. You can be steady in love while becoming more truthful about what love requires. Which small act of faithful care deserves your attention without becoming a demand for a particular response?

Carry thisFaithful love can be steady without controlling another person's response.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

What do I need to let go of in the coming weeks?

Steadfastness may sound like the opposite of letting go. Yet this passage places faithful work alongside a reassurance: your labor in the Lord is not in vain. It does not identify which commitments belong in your coming weeks, but it offers a way to question the measures you use. You may be carrying the demand that every good effort produce visible results or earn someone's approval. The invitation is not to work without limits, but to remain faithful without making recognition the test of worth. Which demand for visible proof could you loosen while continuing the good work that is yours?

Carry thisFaithful work does not need applause to have worth.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

How can I find stillness in a busy life?

Steadfastness is not the same as constant motion. Paul encourages work rooted in the Lord, calling his readers beloved before urging them to labor. This verse does not give instructions for finding quiet, but it offers a different ground for your activity: your labor matters in the Lord, not because you keep proving your worth through busyness. “Always abounding” need not become another demand to fill every available moment. You might sit with the word “steadfast,” noticing the difference between faithful attention and restless effort. Where in your busy life could you practice steadiness rather than trying to do more?

Carry thisSteady faithfulness is different from the pressure to do more.

Other passages for this questionGenesis 1:26-28 · Isaiah 41:10 · 2 Corinthians 10:2-6

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1 Corinthians 15 — in context

52in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.

53For this perishable body must become imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.

54But when this perishable body will have become imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”

55“Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?”

56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

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