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.

And so I have striven to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, so that I should not build on another man's foundation,

Therefore I run in this manner: not with uncertainty. Thus I fight: not as one who beats the air.

But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest, when I have preached to others, I myself should become disqualified.

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.

To this end I also labor, striving according to His working which works in me mightily.

that you also aspire to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you,

For to this end we both labor and are reproached, because we trust in the living God, who is the preserver of all men, especially of those who believe.

Let us therefore be diligent to enter into that rest, that no one fall according to the same example of disobedience.

Therefore, brethren, be even more diligent to make sure of your calling and election, for if you do these things you will not ever stumble;

for so an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be richly supplied to you.

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

So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord.

We are confident, yes, preferring rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord's.

If you do well, is there not exaltation? And if you do not do well, sin is lying at the door. And its desire is for you, but you must rule over it.

Even them I will bring to My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted on My altar; for My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations.

But in every nation whoever fears Him and works righteousness is acceptable to Him.

to the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear.