Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
not slothful in business—The word rendered "business" means "zeal," "diligence," "purpose"; denoting the energy of action.
serving the Lord—that is, the Lord Jesus (see Ephesians 6:5-8). Another reading—"serving the time," or "the occasion"—which differs in form but very slightly from the received reading, has been adopted by good critics [LUTHER, OLSHAUSEN, FRITZSCHE, MEYER]. But as manuscript authority is decidedly against it, so is internal evidence; and comparatively few favor it. Nor is the sense which it yields a very Christian one.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Romans 12:11:
Genesis 13:7
Matthew 5:3
Romans 12:21
Colossians 3:23
Revelation 3:15
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