Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of {their} conversation. {have the rule: or, are the guides}

For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

And this is the promise that he hath promised us, {even} eternal life.

Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where {is} the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk {therein}.

Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:

Here is the patience of the saints: here {are} they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

Knowing {this}, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing.

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding;

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

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

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,

Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which {he had} being {yet} uncircumcised.

And when the multitude heard {this}, they were astonished at his doctrine.

Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

The soul of the sluggard desireth, and {hath} nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

The way of the slothful {man is} as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous {is} made plain. {is made...: Heb. is raised up as a causey}

So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:

But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep {it}, and bring forth fruit with patience.

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. {slothful: or, deceitful}

He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.

And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

But if we hope for that we see not, {then} do we with patience wait for {it}.

Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

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;

And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

His lord answered and said unto him, {Thou} wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:

If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.

Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. {substance: or, ground, or, confidence}

Be ye followers of me, even as I also {am} of Christ.

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of {their} conversation. {have the rule: or, are the guides}

Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where {is} the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk {therein}.

Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.

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}

He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.

For all the promises of God in him {are} yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.

Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

For if the inheritance {be} of the law, {it is} no more of promise: but God gave {it} to Abraham by promise.

That thou mayest walk in the way of good {men}, and keep the paths of the righteous.

Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed {it} by an oath: {confirmed...: Gr. interposed himself by}

{As} the door turneth upon his hinges, so {doth} the slothful upon his bed.

But if we hope for that we see not, {then} do we with patience wait for {it}.

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

And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle?

Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.

He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy {is} he.

If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.

But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so {is} the sluggard to them that send him.

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;

And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace,