For by this hope we were saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees?

But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly await it with endurance.

But let the faithful hold on his own way, and let him that is pure of hands take courage.

Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and let your heart be strengthened; yea, wait on the Lord!

Hope in the Lord, and do good; and dwell on the land, and you shall be fed with the wealth of it.

Wait on the Lord, and keep His way, and He shall exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are destroyed, you shall see [it].

TETH. The Lord is good to them that wait for Him; the soul which shall seek Him

is good, and shall wait for, and quietly expect salvation from the Lord.

And because lawlessness will increase, the love of many will grow cold.

But he who endures to the end shall be saved.

But that which fell on the good ground, these are such who when they heard the word, with a noble and good heart, hold on to it and bear fruit with endurance.

From this [time] many of His disciples turned back and no longer would walk with Him.

But Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.

So then, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

And while we do good, let us not lose heart, for in due season we shall reap if we do not become weary.

I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not only to me, but also to all those who have loved His appearing.

lest you become dull, but [become] imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

And so, after he had been patient, he obtained the promise.

Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has a great recompense.

For you have need of endurance, so that having done the will of God, you may receive the promise:

Therefore be patient, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer awaits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient for it, until it receives the early and late rain.

You also be patient. Establish your hearts, because the coming of the Lord has drawn near.

Fear none of those things which you are about to suffer. Behold indeed, the devil is about to cast [some] of you into prison, so that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes shall in no way be harmed by the second death."'

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy [to be compared] with the coming glory to be revealed in us.

and so that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand for glory,

How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and do not seek the glory which is from the only God?

Therefore we do not despair, but even if our outward man is being destroyed, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.

while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are for a season, but the things which are not seen last forever.

To whom God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the nations, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory;

so that the genuineness of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes, though being tested with fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Whom not having seen, you love, in whom now not seeing, but believing, you rejoice with inexpressible joy and glorified,

but inasmuch as you partake in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, in order that also at the unveiling of His glory, you may rejoice with great happiness.

If you are reviled in the name of Christ, blessed are you, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On the one hand He is blasphemed, but on the other He is glorified.

For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

So when this corruptible should put on incorruption, and this mortal should put on immortality, then will come to pass the word which was written: "Death was swallowed up in victory."

but has now been revealed through the appearance of our Savior Jesus Christ, having nullified death on the one hand, [and] having brought to life immortality through the gospel on the other,

For the wages of sin [is] death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

And this is the promise which He Himself promised to you--eternal life.