Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain.

Do not grumble against one another, brethren, that you not be condemned. Behold, the Judge stands at the door.

Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the endurance of Job and seen the outcome brought about by the Lord; that the Lord is very kind and merciful.

Yet the righteous will take hold on his way, and he who has clean hands shall increase strength.

Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for Him; do not fret over him who prospers in his way, because of him who works out wicked devices.

i1 [To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] i0 par I waited patiently for Jehovah, and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

For the vision is yet for the appointed time; it speaks forth to the end, and it does not lie. Though it delays, wait for it, because it will come and take place; it will not tarry.

And you will be hated by everyone on account of My name. But he who endures to the end will be kept safe.

But the ones that fell on the good ground are those who, having heard the Word with an honest and good heart, keep it and bear fruit with steadfastness.

By your steadfastness possess your souls.

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

For we all stumble in many things. If anyone does not stumble in word, he is a flawless man, able also to bridle the whole body.

Exalt her, and she will lift you up; she shall bring you to honor when you embrace her.

Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in Heaven is perfect.

I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made complete in one, and that the world may know that You sent Me, and love them as You love Me.

However, we speak wisdom among those who are mature; but not the wisdom of this age, nor of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold, since Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.

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

Epaphras, who is one of you, a bondservant of Christ, greets you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand complete and full-grown in all the will of God;

that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

Love has been perfected with us in this: that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment. But he who fears has not been made complete in love.

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

The young man said to Him, All these things I have kept from my youth. What do I still lack?

Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in Heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.

So when Jesus heard these things, He said to him, You still lack one thing. Sell everything that you have and distribute to the poor, and you will have treasure in Heaven; and come, follow Me.

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