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.
13:16Thus let us do service before God in justice and righteousness, and without blemish, "occupying ourselves with things good and comely before God and also before men."
13:17For this is comely, that God be glorified in us in all things.