Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. {of Christ: or, for Christ}

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great {is} your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast {our} profession.

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

Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold {water} only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

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

For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;

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

Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform {it} until the day of Jesus Christ: {perform: or, finish}

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset {us}, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

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

And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: {in: or, concerning}

For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off. {end: or, reward}

And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. {wrought: or, gained, some copies read, ye have gained, but that ye, etc.}

{It is} good that {a man} should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.

Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; {to the end: Gr. perfectly}

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

But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.

But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.

And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these {is} charity.

Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. {of Christ: or, for Christ}

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

But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more.

Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in {his} goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward;

Therefore {we are} always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord:

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

Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD {there is} mercy, and with him {is} plenteous redemption.

Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. {offended: he relapseth, or, falleth into sin}

Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether {he be} bond or free.

And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir.