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⁵⁸And so, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and unmovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not useless in the Lord.

⁹And so, let us not be deficient in doing good. For in due time, we shall reap without fail.

¹³And you, brothers, do not grow weak in doing good.

¹²Blessed is the man who suffers temptation. For when he has been proven, he shall receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him.

⁷But as for you, be strengthened, and do not let your hands be weakened. For there will be a reward for your work.”

³¹But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will take up wings like eagles. They will run and not struggle. They will walk and not tire.

¹Furthermore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses over us, let us set aside every burden and sin which may surround us, and advance, through patience, to the struggle offered to us.

²³Whatever you do, do it from the heart, as for the Lord, and not for men. ²⁴For you know that you will receive from the Lord the repayment of an inheritance. Serve Christ the Lord.

¹³Everything is possible in him who has strengthened me.

¹Now he also told them a parable, that we should continually pray and not cease,

³⁵And so, do not lose your confidence, which has a great reward. ³⁶For it is necessary for you to be patient, so that, by doing the will of God, you may receive the promise.

⁷I have fought the good fight. I have completed the course. I have preserved the faith.

¹⁰If you despair, being weary in the day of anguish, your strength will be diminished.

¹³Brothers, I do not consider that I have already attained this. Instead, I do one thing: forgetting those things that are behind, and extending myself toward those things that are ahead, ¹⁴I pursue the destination, the prize of the heavenly calling of God in Christ Jesus.

¹Furthermore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses over us, let us set aside every burden and sin which may surround us, and advance, through patience, to the struggle offered to us. ²Let us gaze upon Jesus, as the Author and the completion of our faith, who, having joy laid out before him, endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and who now sits at the right hand of the throne of God. ³So then, meditate upon him who endured such adversity from sinners against himself, so that you may not become weary, failing in your souls.

⁶²Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow, and then looks back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

³⁶For it is necessary for you to be patient, so that, by doing the will of God, you may receive the promise.

¹⁴I pursue the destination, the prize of the heavenly calling of God in Christ Jesus.

¹³Be vigilant. Stand with faith. Act manfully and be strengthened.