2041 - A GOOD WORK
2041 ergon (ergon er'-gon)
from a primary (but obsolete) ergo (to work);
AV-work 152, deed 22, doing 1, labour 1; 176
1) business, employment, that which any one is occupied
1a) that which one undertakes to do, enterprise, undertaking
2) any product whatever, any thing accomplished by hand, art, industry, or mind
3) an act, deed, thing done: the idea of working is emphasised in opp. to that which is less than work
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NEW TESTAMENT USAGE
1 Timothy 6:18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works <2041>, ready to distribute, willing to communicate;
2 Timothy 1:9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works <2041>, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
2 Timothy 2:21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work <2041>.
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