13:5That "the harvest is great, but the workmen are few," this also is well-known and manifest.
13:6Let us, therefore, "ask of the Lord of the harvest" that He would send forth workmen into the harvest;
13:7such workmen as "shall skilfully dispense the word of truth;" workmen "who shall not be ashamed;" faithful workmen; workmen who shall be "the light of the world;"
13:8workmen who "work not for the food that perishes, but for that food which abides unto life eternal;"
13:9workmen who shall be such as the apostles; workmen who imitate the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit; who are concerned for the salvation of men;
13:10not "hireling" workmen; not workmen to whom the fear of God and righteousness appear to be gain; not workmen who "serve their belly;"
13:11not workmen who "with fair speeches and pleasant words mislead the hearts of the innocent;"
13:12not workmen who imitate the children of light, while they are not light but darkness — "men whose end is destruction;"
13:13not workmen who practice iniquity and wickedness and fraud; not "crafty workmen;" not workmen "drunken" and "faithless;"
13:14nor workmen who traffic in Christ; not misleaders; not "lovers of money; not malevolent."
13:15Let us, therefore, contemplate and imitate the faithful who have conducted themselves well in the Lord, as is becoming and suitable to our calling and profession.