Therefore, my beloved and longed-for brethren, my joy and crown, so stand firm in the Lord, beloved.

I do not write these things to shame you, but as my beloved children I admonish you.

Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and sojourners, abstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul,

for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now,

Only, let your conduct be worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel,

For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,

Brethren, I do not count myself to have laid hold; but one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind and stretching forward to those things which are ahead,

I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

The labor of the righteous is life; the gain of the wicked is sin.

The soul of the sluggard desires and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

And from the days of John the Immerser until now the kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.

Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you will find rest unto your souls.

Then one said to Him, Lord, are there few who are saved? And He said to them,

Strive to enter through the narrow gate, for many, I say to you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

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.

Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that you believe into Him whom He sent.

eternal life to those who steadfastly doing good, seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility;

Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may obtain it.

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

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.

remembering without ceasing your work of faith, labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the sight of our God and Father,

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

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.

And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end,

Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so persistently harasses us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, supply with your faith virtue, with virtue knowledge,

with godliness brotherly affection, and with brotherly affection love.

For he who lacks these things is shortsighted, even to blindness, and has forgotten that he was cleansed from his sins of the past.

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.

But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, that I also may be encouraged when I know your state.

And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed.

Let us walk decently, as in the day, not in carousings and drunkenness, not in cohabitation and licentiousness, not in strife and envy.

and to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain Jews; to those who are under the Law, as under the Law, that I might gain those who are under the Law;

to the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might in any way save some.

Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

Now therefore, let us make a covenant with our God to bring out all these women and those who have been born to them, according to the counsel of the Lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the Law.

Serve Jehovah with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

My flesh trembles in fear of You, and I am afraid of Your judgments.

For all those My hand has made, and all those exist, says Jehovah. But to this one will I have regard: To the lowly and contrite of spirit, and the one who trembles at My Word.

Hear the Word of Jehovah, you who tremble at His Word: Your brothers who hated you, who cast you out because of My name, said, Let Jehovah be glorified. But He will appear for your joy, and they shall be ashamed.

So he, trembling and astonished, said, Lord, what do You have in mind for me to do? Then the Lord said to him, Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.

Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas.

I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.

And his affections are greater for you as he remembers the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling you received him.

Bondservants, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in sincerity of heart, as to Christ;

Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear so that none of you should show evidence of falling short.

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.

For our God is a consuming fire.