And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.

For God {is} not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain.

Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know {these things} before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and {be} not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, {and} which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of {our} lips giving thanks to his name. {giving...: Gr. confessing to}

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

Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. {burden: or, gift}

Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?

Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom {be} glory for ever and ever. Amen. {working: or, doing}

Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also {do}.

And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all {men}, even as we {do} toward you:

Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort {you} by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, {so} ye would abound more and more. {beseech: or, request} {exhort: or, beseech}

Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:

For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.

Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. {there unto: or, to sufferings, or, to persecution}

For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;

We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth;

And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and {in} all judgment; {judgment: or, sense}

When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her. {was...: Heb. strengthened herself}

Moreover by them is thy servant warned: {and} in keeping of them {there is} great reward.

Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.

He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.

Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain.

And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation {that} set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. {that...: Heb. that prepared not their heart}

Verily I have cleansed my heart {in} vain, and washed my hands in innocency.

For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant.

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. {right: or, constant}

Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.

Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.

And God {is} able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all {things}, may abound to every good work:

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy {shalt} thou {be}, and {it shall be} well with thee.

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward {man} is renewed day by day.

But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth {therein}, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. {deed: or, doing}

Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, {my} dearly beloved.

And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed {are} the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. {from henceforth...: or, from henceforth saith the Spirit, Yea}

Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.

Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. {by whom: or, whereby}

To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.

Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know {these things} before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness.

Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. {there unto: or, to sufferings, or, to persecution}

Many {are} my persecutors and mine enemies; {yet} do I not decline from thy testimonies.

Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.

He becometh poor that dealeth {with} a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.

Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

But what think ye? A {certain} man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard.

Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man {that is} an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.

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

Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also {do}.

For if these things be in you, and abound, they make {you that ye shall} neither {be} barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. {barren: Gr. idle}

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, {there is} no number. Arise {therefore}, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee.

Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord.

Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel.

And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; {steps: or, goings}

Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;

For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.

Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. {labour: or, endeavour}

And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD. {prepared: or, fixed}

Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort {you} by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, {so} ye would abound more and more. {beseech: or, request} {exhort: or, beseech}

And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities.

And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.

{For the Son of man is} as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

But {it is} good to be zealously affected always in {a} good {thing}, and not only when I am present with you.

And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God,

The labour of the righteous {tendeth} to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and {be} not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, {and} which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister;

Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants {were} gathered thither unto the work.

For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain:

Which {hope} we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;

And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren.

Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.

They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they {are} the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.

And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth. {Stand forth: Gr. Arise, stand forth in the midst}

I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.

The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord.

Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner.

Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching {for} doctrines the commandments of men.

And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.

So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared.