And you said, These [services] are troublesome: therefore I have utterly rejected them with scorn, says the Lord Almighty: and you brought in torn victims, and lame, and sick: if then you should bring an offering, shall I accept them at your hands? Says the Lord Almighty.

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.

But as for you, brothers, do not lose heart [in] doing good.

For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you be weary and discouraged in your souls.

to those who by the endurance of good works are seeking glory and honor and incorruption--eternal life.

For this is the will of God, that by doing good you may silence the ignorance of foolish men--

For it is better to suffer for doing good, if it is the will of God, than [for] doing evil.

Therefore let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to Him in doing good, as to a faithful Creator.

then will I give you the rain in its season, and the land shall produce its fruits, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

then He shall give to your land the early and latter rain in its season, and you shall bring in your grain, your wine, and your oil.

All wait upon You, to give them [their] food in due season.

The eyes of all wait upon You; and You give [them] their food in due season.

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.

For the young [men] shall hunger, and the youths shall be weary, and the choice [men] shall be powerless;

but they that wait on God shall renew [their] strength; they shall put forth new feathers like eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

At that time the Lord shall say to Jerusalem, Be of good courage, Zion; let not your hands be slack.

But he who endures to the end shall be saved.

Then He spoke a parable to them, that one must always pray and not lose heart,

Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we received mercy, we do not despair,

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

Therefore I beseech [you] not to lose heart at my tribulations on your behalf, which is your glory.

but Christ as a Son over His own house, whose house we are if we hold fast the confidence and the boast of hope firm until [the] end.

For we have become partakers of Christ, if indeed we hold fast the beginning of the assurance firm until the end,

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

"For yet a little while, and He who is coming will come and will not delay.

But we are not of [those] shrinking back to destruction, but of faith, to the saving of the soul.

For consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners against Himself, lest you be weary and discouraged in your souls.

And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: "My son, do not despise the discipline of the LORD, nor be discouraged when you are reproved;

and you have endurance and you have born patiently on account of My name, and you did not become weary.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of My God."'

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."'

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to him some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except he who receives it."'

And he who overcomes, and he who keeps My works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations--

as I also have received from My Father; and I will give him the morning star.

He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and by no means shall I erase his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."'

He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and by no means shall he go out any longer. And I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down from heaven from My God. And My new name.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."'

He that overcomes, I will grant to him to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." '"