whether exhorting, in the exhortation; whether sharing, with simplicity; whether leading, with diligence; whether showing mercy, with cheerfulness.

not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord;

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.

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all perception,

having been filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

Therefore, as many as are mature, let us think this way; and if in anything you think otherwise, even this God will reveal to you.

For indeed you do so toward all the brothers in all Macedonia. But we exhort you, brothers, that you increase more and more,

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

But also [for] this very reason, making every effort, provide with your faith virtue, and with virtue knowledge,

and with godliness brotherly love, and with brotherly love, love.

Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot or blemish;

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,

let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies having been washed with clean water.

And the works of righteousness shall be peace; and righteousness shall ensure rest, and [the righteous] shall be confident forever.

that their hearts may be encouraged, being joined together in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to a full knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ,

For our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Spirit and in much assurance, just as you know what kind [of men] we were among you for your sake.

Therefore, brothers, be even more diligent to make your calling and election sure, for by doing these things you shall by no means stumble at any time.

We know that we have passed over from death to life, because we love the brothers. He who does not love his brother abides in death.

And in this we know that we are from the truth, and shall assure our hearts before Him.

in order that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we might have strong encouragement, who have fled to take hold of the hope being set before [us];

where the Forerunner has entered in behalf of us, [even] Jesus, having become a High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

through whom also we have had access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

and endurance, character; and character, hope.

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.

rejoicing in hope, enduring in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer;

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.

For we by the Spirit eagerly await [for] the hope of righteousness by faith.

because of the hope being laid up for you in [the] heavens, in which you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,

if indeed you continue in the faith, having been founded and firm and not drifting away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was proclaimed to all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and a good hope by grace,

comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.

Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

who by the power of God [are] being guarded through faith for the salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God! On account of this the world does not know you, because it did not know Him.

And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.

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,

But remember the former days, in which after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle of sufferings,

For you sympathized with me in my chains, and you received the plunder of your possessions with joy, knowing that you have for yourselves a better and enduring possession in heaven.

But he who endures to the end shall be saved.

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