The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he who leads souls is wise.

Say to the righteous that it is well; for they shall eat of the fruit of their doings.

Woe to the wicked! For the evil, the recompense of his hand, shall be done unto him.

Do not labor for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of Man will give you, because God the Father has set His seal on Him.

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

Do not be led astray, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due time we shall reap if we do not faint.

For God is not unjust, to forget your work and labor of love which you have shown toward His name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

Even so, every good tree produces excellent fruit, but a corrupt tree produces evil fruit.

A good tree is not able to produce evil fruit, nor is a corrupt tree able to produce excellent fruit.

Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or else make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for a tree is known by its fruit.

Offspring of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual perversions, thefts, false witness, blasphemies.

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

And their message will spread like cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are of this sort,

who have strayed concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection has already come; and they overthrow the faith of some.

But evil men and pretenders will grow worse and worse, leading astray and being led astray.