► 1Tim 3:1
▪︎ fine (καλός – Greek) – kalos ► good, fine, valuable, virtuous, beautiful – John 10:11; James 4:17; 1Peter 4:10;
▪︎ work (ἔργον – Greek) – ergon ► work, deed, doing, labor, toil – John 4:34, 14:11; Phil 1:6; James 2:18; Ps 103:22, 104:24, 31 (LXX);
► Eph 2:10
▪︎ workmanship (ποίημα – Greek) – poiéma ► product, fabric, workmanship – Rom 1:20;
► 1Cor 12:4-6
▪︎ workings (ἐνέργημα – Greek) – energéma ► an effect, activity, properly, energizings (“operations”), focusing on the results of God’s “energy” (power) in people living in His faith, suffix “ma” means result, effect, or object of the verb energeó – 1Cor 12:10
► Eph 2:8-9
▪︎ boasting (καυχάομαι – Greek) – kauchaomai ► boast, glory, joy, rejoice, [middle voice of a primary verb to wish, pray]
• Boast in God – Gal 6:14, Phil 3:3;
• Not man – Rom 3:27; James 4:16;
• Magnify God in the Spirit – Ps 34:2-3, 40:16, 138:2;
► Examples to follow – 1Peter 4:11; Rom 4:2-3; Heb 13:17, 7;