11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;



Ver. 11. Not slothful] Or, not driving off till it be too late ( áêíçñïò , cunctator the delayer). Charles, the son of Charles Duke of Anjou, who was king of Sicily and Jerusalem, was called Carolus Cunctator, not in the sense as Fabius, because he stayed till opportunity came, but because he stayed till opportunity was lost.



Fervent in spirit] Gr. æåïíôåò , seething hot. God, who is himself a pure act, loveth activeness in men; the very rest of heavenly bodies is in motion in their proper places.