For ye have need of perseverance, so that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.

For yet a very little while, he who is coming will come, and will not delay.

But the righteous man will live from faith, and if he should withdraw, my soul is not pleased with him.

But we are not of retreat for destruction, but of faith for the preservation of the soul.

Now faith is the foundation of hoping, the evidence of events not being seen.

By faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by the word of God. For the things that are seen do not come to be from that which is visible.

By faith Enoch was transferred to not see death, and he was not found, because God transferred him. For before his removal he was reported to be pleasing to God.

By faith Noah, being divinely warned about things not yet seen, moved with awe, prepared an ark for the salvation of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became an heir of righteousness according to faith.

By faith Abraham, when called, obeyed to go out to the place that he was going to take for an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.

All these died in faith, not having taken the promises, but who saw and greeted them from afar, and who confessed that they were foreigners and sojourners on the earth.

But now they aspire for a superior one, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.

By faith Moses, after being born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child well-formed, and they were not afraid of the king's edict.

By faith he forsook Egypt, not having feared the wrath of the king, for he persevered as seeing the invisible.

By faith he performed the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that he who was destroying the firstborn would not touch them.

By faith Rahab the harlot was not destroyed with those who were disobedient, having received the spies with peace.

Women took hold of their dead from a resurrection, but others were tortured, not having accepted deliverance, so that they might experience a superior resurrection.

(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves, and the holes of the earth.

And all these, having been well reported through faith, did not receive the promise,

God having foreseen something superior concerning us, so that without us they would not be made fully perfect.

For consider the man who endured such hostility against him by sinners, so that ye may not be weary in your souls, being disheartened.

Ye have not yet resisted as far as blood, struggling against sin.

And have ye forgotten the exhortation that reasons with you as with sons, My son, do not disparage the chastening of Lord, nor become disheartened when punished by him?

Because of chastening ye endure; God is treating you as with sons, for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?

And if ye are without chastening, of which all have become participants, then ye are bastards, and not sons.

Besides, we indeed have had chastisers--the fathers of our flesh--and we were turned around. Shall we not much more be subordinate to the Father of the spirits, and we will live?

and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be turned away, but may be healed instead.

For ye have not come to a mountain being felt, and which burned with fire, and to darkness, and gloom, and a tempest,

and a sound of a trumpet, and a voice of words, of which those who heard begged that a word not be added to them.

For they did not bear that which was commanded, if even a beast should touch the mountain, it shall be stoned.

Watch, that ye not refuse him who speaks. For if those men did not escape, having refused him who spoke a divine message on earth, much more we, those who turn away from him from the heavens,

whose voice then shook the earth. But now he has promised, saying, Yet once, I shake not only the earth, but also the heaven.

And the, Yet once, signifies the removal of the things being shaken--as of things that were made--so that the things not being shaken may remain.

Do not forget love for strangers, for by this some lodged heavenly agents, unaware.

The Way of life is to be without love of money, being content with the things that are present, for he has said, I will, no, not leave thee, and also, I will, no, not forsake thee.

So then we have confidence to say, Lord is a helper to me, and I will not fear. What will man do to me?

Be not carried away by various and foreign doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established with grace, not with foods by which those who walked were not benefited.

But do not forget benevolence and fellowship, for God is well pleased with such sacrifices.

Have confidence in those who lead you, and yield yourselves, for they watch for your souls as men who will render account, so that they may do this with joy, and not groaning, for this is unprofitable for you.

And if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask from God who gives to all generously and not reproaching, and it will be given to him.

For that man should not think that he will receive anything from the Lord,

Be not led astray, my beloved brothers.

For the wrath of man does not accomplish the righteousness of God.

But become ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Because if any man is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this resembles a man observing his natural face in a mirror.

But he who stooped to look into the perfect law, the one of liberty, and who remained, this man, who did not become a forgetful hearer but a doer of work, this man will be blessed in his doing.

If any man among you seems to be religious, not bridling his tongue but deceiving his heart, this man's religion is futile.

My brothers, ye should not have the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ of glory, in favoritism.

then are ye not partial among yourselves, and become judges from evil thoughts?

Listen, my beloved brothers, did not God choose the poor of the world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he promised to those who love him?

But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich exploit you, and they themselves drag you into courts?

Do they not blaspheme the good name that was called upon you?

For he who said thou shall not commit adultery, also said thou shall not murder. Now if thou will not commit adultery, but murder, thou have become a transgressor of law.

and some man of you would say to them, Go in peace, be ye warmed and fed, but ye would not give them the things necessary for the body, what is the benefit?

Was not Abraham our father made righteous from works, having offered up Isaac his son upon the altar?

Ye see therefore that from works a man is made righteous, and not from faith only.

And likewise also was not Rahab the harlot made righteous from works, having received the agents, and having sent them out another way?

Not many should become teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive greater judgment.

For we all stumble in many things. If any man does not stumble in word, this is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.

Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and curse. My brothers, these things ought not to happen this way.

But if ye have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast, and do not lie against the truth.

This wisdom is not descending from above, but is earthly, world-soul, demonic.

From where are wars and fightings among you? Is it not from here: from your pleasures warring in your body-parts?

Ye desire and do not have, so ye murder. And ye envy and cannot obtain, so ye fight and make war. Ye do not have, because ye do not ask.

Ye ask, and do not receive, because ye ask wrongly, so that ye may spend on your pleasures.

Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is hatred of God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.

Speak not against each other, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against law and judges law. But if thou judge law, thou are not a doer of law, but a judge.

men who know not of the morrow. For what is your life? For it will be a vapor that appears for a little while, and then also vanishes away--

He therefore who knows to do good, and is not doing it, to him it is sin.

Ye have condemned, ye have murdered the righteous man. He is not hostile to you.

Do not grumble, brothers, against each other, so that ye not be judged. Behold, the judge stands before the doors.

But above all things, my brothers, swear not. Neither by the heaven, nor the earth, nor any other oath, but let your yes be yes, and the no, no, so that ye may not fall into hypocrisy.

Elijah was a man of the same nature as we. And by prayer, he asked for it not to rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months.

Whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, not now seeing but believing, ye exult in inexpressible and glorified joy,

To whom it was revealed, that they were serving not themselves, but you, those things that were now reported to you by those who preached good-news to you in Holy Spirit, which was sent forth from heaven, into which things heavenly

As children of obedience, not fashioning yourselves to the former desires in your ignorance,

Knowing that ye were redeemed from your vain behavior inherited from fathers, not with perishable silver or gold,

begotten again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, through the word of God that lives and remains into the age.

It is therefore contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, chosen, precious. And he who believes in him will, no, not be shamed.

Men formerly not a people, but now are a people of God. Men who had not obtained mercy, but who now have obtained mercy.

As free, and not having your freedom as a cover-up of evil, but as bondmen of God.

Household servants, submitting to the masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the wayward.

Who, being reviled, did not revile in return. Suffering, he did not threaten, but yielded to him who judges righteously.

Of which let it not be the outward world of braiding of hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on apparel,

as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children ye became, doing good, and not being afraid of anything fearful.

Likewise the husbands living together knowledgably, as with a weaker vessel, apportioning worth to the female as also joint-heirs of the grace of life, for your prayers not to be hindered.

not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling, but instead giving praise, knowing that ye were called for this, so that ye might inherit a blessing.

For he who wants to love life, and see good days, let him restrain his tongue from evil, and his lips not to speak deceit.

But even if ye should suffer because of righteousness, ye are blessed. But do not fear their terror nor be shaken,

Which counterpart--immersion--now also saves us, not the putting away of filth of flesh, but an appeal of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

During which they think it strange of you not running together into the same pouring out of debauchery, while they slander.

Beloved, ye should not be surprised at the fieriness in you, which occurs for a trial to you, like a strange thing happening to you.

For let not any man of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evil-doer, or as a busybody.

But if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this regard.

Tend ye the flock of God among you, watching over, not by obligation, but willingly, nor greedily, but readily,

For these things existing in you and abounding, it leads to not being idle nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

For he in whom these things are not present is blind, being near-sighted, having deliberately forgotten the purification of his former sins.

Therefore, brothers, instead be diligent to make your calling and selection sure, for doing these things, ye would, no, not ever stumble.

Therefore I will not neglect to always remind you about these things, although having known them, and having been established in the present truth.

For we revealed to you the power and presence of our Lord Jesus Christ, not men who followed in cunningly devised myths, but men who became eyewitnesses of the majesty of that man.

And they will exploit you in greed with fabricated words, whose judgment is not idle for long, and their destruction will not slumber.