And they returned to Joshua and said to him, “Do not have all the people go up, but let about two or three thousand men go up and attack Ai. Do not make the whole people toil up there, for they are few.”
And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Therefore, brothers, be all the more diligent to confirm your calling and election, for if you practice these qualities you will never fall.
For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge,
Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.
“Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.
The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.
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