Ah yes, Lets see what a greek speaking person from Ephesians would have read when he saw the word work.
ἔργον, τό, (*ἔργω):—work, Hom., etc.; τὰ σαυτῆς ἔργα κόμιζε mind your own business, Hom.:
1. in Il. mostly of deeds of war, πολεμήϊα ἔργα Il., etc.; so, ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ during the action, Thuc.; ἔργου ἔχεσθαι to engage in battle, Id.
2. of works of industry, tilled lands, fields, farms, Hom.; οὔτε βοῶν οὔτʼ ἀνδρῶν ἔργα (cf. Virgils hominumque boumque labores), Il.; ἔργαἸθάκης the tilled lands of Ithaca, Od.; so in Att., τὰ κατʼ ἀγροὺς ἔργα, etc.:—then, generally, property, wealth, possessions, ἔργον ἀέξειν Od.
b. of womens work, weaving, Hom.
c. of other occupations, θαλάσσια ἔργα fishing, as a way of life, Od.; periphr., ἔργα δαιτός works of feasting, Il.; so, ἔργα θήρας, etc. en., etc.:—in Att. also of all kinds of works, such as mines, iron-works, Id., Dem.
3. a hard piece of work, a hard task, Il.: also, a shocking deed or act, Lat. facinus, Od.:—also, χερμάδιον λάβε Τυδείδης, μέγα ἔργον a huge mass, Il.
4. a deed, action, often, as opp. to ἔπος, deed, not word, Hom.
II. a thing, matter, πᾶν ἔργον in every point, Il.; ἄκουε τοὔργον Soph., etc.
III. pass. that which is wrought, a work, of the arms of Achilles, Il.; metal-work is called ἔργον Ἡφαίστοιο Od., etc.
2. the result of work, ἔργον χρημάτων profit on money, Dem.
IV. the following pecul. Att. phrases arise from signf.:
1. ἔργον ἐστί,
a. c. gen. pers. his business, his proper work, ἔργον ἀγαθοῦ πολίτου Plat.; so, σὸν ἔργον ἐστί it is your business, Aesch.
b. c. gen. rei, there is need of, use of a thing, Eur.
c. c. inf. it is hard work, difficult to do, πολὺ ἔργον ἂν εἴη διεξελθεῖν Xen., etc.; οὐκ ἔργον θρηνεῖσθαι ‘tis no use to lament, Soph.
2. ἔργα παρέχειν τινί to give one trouble, Ar.; ἔργον ἔχειν to take trouble, Xen.
Liddell, H. G. (1996). A lexicon: Abridged from Liddell and Scott’s Greek-English lexicon. Oak Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
Nope. I see nothing in there reguarding the law