Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
But you, take courage! Do not let your hands be weak, for your work shall be rewarded.”
For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.
holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor.
You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, take care that you are not carried away with the error of lawless people and lose your own stability. But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.
Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.
remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Cast your burden on the Lord, and he will sustain you; he will never permit the righteous to be moved.
Then they said to him, “What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” Jesus answered them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”
equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
When Timothy comes, see that you put him at ease among you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, as I am.
and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you,
rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
For the righteous will never be moved; he will be remembered forever.
Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more.
who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
Therefore, beloved, since you are waiting for these, be diligent to be found by him without spot or blemish, and at peace.
“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. And he will place the sheep on his right, but the goats on the left. Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,
by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.
that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this.
And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment,
We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing.
Moreover, by them is your servant warned; in keeping them there is great reward.
filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me. The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward. And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.”
Not that I seek the gift, but I seek the fruit that increases to your credit.
I am afraid I may have labored over you in vain.
And when Naomi saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more.
For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to learn about your faith, for fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and our labor would be in vain.
for he nearly died for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was lacking in your service to me.
and that they should not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart was not steadfast, whose spirit was not faithful to God.
All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence.
Their heart was not steadfast toward him; they were not faithful to his covenant.
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