For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
The 1611 reading
For the perfecting of the Saints, for the worke of the ministerie, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: Labour, occupation, an assigned task, or service. Sense 2: An action, deed, operation, effect, product, thing made, or manner of workmanship. Sense 3: To labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 2:2
Complete exact-word concordance
For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
For the perfecting of the Saints, for the worke of the ministerie, for the edifying of the body of Christ:
Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
Who being past feeling, haue giuen themselues ouer vnto lasciuiousnesse, to worke all vncleannesse with greedinesse.
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1 · Direct Scripture definition
And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
To perform. ... To labor. ... To be in action or motion. ... To act; to carry on operations. ... To operate; to produce effects by action or influence. ... To form by labor; to mold, shape or manufacture. ... To bring into any state by action. ... To make by action, labor or violence. ... To produce by action, labor or exertion.
Labor; employment; exertion of strength. ... That which is made or done. ... Action; deed; feat; achievement. ... Operation. ... Effect; that which proceeds from agency.