23. ἐργάζεσθε] i.e. ‘do it diligently’, an advance upon ποιητε.

οὐκ ἀνθρώποις] For the use of οὐ rather than μὴ in antitheses, see Winer

§ lv. p. 601 sq. The negative here is wholly unconnected with the

imperative, and refers solely to τῷ Κυρίῳ.

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