that ye faint not, but follow them which through faith and patience inherit the promises.

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

Remember them which have the oversight of you, which have declared unto you the word of God: consider the conversation of their living, the end of whose conversation see that ye look upon, and follow their faith.

Are they not all spirits to do service, sent for to minister for their sakes, which shall be heirs of salvation?

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

A diligent hand shall bear rule; but the idle shall be under tribute.

The sluggard would fain have, and cannot get his desire; but the soul of the diligent shall have plenty.

The way of the slothful is full of thorns; but the street of the righteous is well cleansed.

Whoso is slothful and slack in his labor, is the brother of him that is a waster.

I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyards of the foolish man.

If thou know not thyself, O thou fairest among women, then go thy way forth after the footsteps of the sheep, and feed thy goats beside the shepherds' tents.

Thus sayeth the LORD, "Go into the streets, consider and make inquisition for the old way: and if it be the good and right way, then go therein, that ye may find rest for your souls. But they say, 'We will not walk therein.'

'I am Abraham's God, and Isaac's God, and the God of Jacob?' God is not the God of the dead: but of the living."

His master answered, and said unto him, 'Thou evil servant and slothful, thou knowest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I strawed not:

That in the good ground, are they which with a good and pure heart, hear the word, and keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.

And it fortuned that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: The rich man also died, and was buried in hell.

And that the dead shall rise again, even Moses signified besides the bush, when he said, 'The Lord God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'

that is to say: praise, honour, and immortality, to them which continue in good doing, and seek eternal life.

And that he might be the father of the circumcised: not because they are circumcised only: but because they walk also in the steps of that faith, that was in our father Abraham before the time of circumcision.

But and if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience abide for it.

Let not that business which ye have in hand be tedious to you. Be fervent in the spirit. Apply yourselves to the time.

without ceasing, and call to remembrance your work in the faith, and labour in love and perseverance in the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God our father:

so that we ourselves rejoice of you in the congregations of God, over your patience and faith in all your persecutions, and tribulations that ye suffer:

Whereof we have many things to say which are hard to be uttered: because ye are dull of hearing.

And so after that he had tarried a long time, he enjoyed the promises.

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

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

Wherefore let us also - seeing that we are compassed with so great a multitude of witnesses - lay away all that presseth down, and the sin that hangeth on us, and let us run with patience, unto the battle that is set before us,

forasmuch as ye know how that the trying of your faith bringeth patience:

Take, my brethren, the prophets: for an example of suffering adversity, and of long patience, which spake in the name of the Lord.

For after this manner in the old time did the holy women which trusted in God tire themselves, and were obedient to their husbands,

Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence for to make your calling and election sure. For if ye do such things, ye shall never err.

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

Here is the patience of saints. Here are they that keep the commandments and the faith of Jesus.

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Ye

Whereof we have many things to say which are hard to be uttered: because ye are dull of hearing.
Let wedlock be had in price in all points, and let the chamber be undefiled: for whore keepers and adulterers God will judge.
His master answered, and said unto him, 'Thou evil servant and slothful, thou knowest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I strawed not:
Let not that business which ye have in hand be tedious to you. Be fervent in the spirit. Apply yourselves to the time.
Wherefore, brethren, give the more diligence for to make your calling and election sure. For if ye do such things, ye shall never err.

Faith

And so after that he had tarried a long time, he enjoyed the promises.
For ye have need of patience, that after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out into a place which he should afterward receive to inheritance, and he went out, not knowing whither he should go.
That in the good ground, are they which with a good and pure heart, hear the word, and keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
that is to say: praise, honour, and immortality, to them which continue in good doing, and seek eternal life.
But and if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience abide for it.
without ceasing, and call to remembrance your work in the faith, and labour in love and perseverance in the hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God our father:
He that leadeth into captivity, shall go into captivity: he that killeth with a sword, must be killed with a sword. Here is the patience, and the faith of the saints.
Here is the patience of saints. Here are they that keep the commandments and the faith of Jesus.

Inherit

Are they not all spirits to do service, sent for to minister for their sakes, which shall be heirs of salvation?
For ye have need of patience, that after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
By faith he removed into the land that was promised him, as into a strange country, and dwelt in tabernacles: and so did Isaac, and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.
'I am Abraham's God, and Isaac's God, and the God of Jacob?' God is not the God of the dead: but of the living."
And it fortuned that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: The rich man also died, and was buried in hell.
And that the dead shall rise again, even Moses signified besides the bush, when he said, 'The Lord God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'
And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, "Write, 'Blessed are the dead, which hereafter die in the Lord: Even so, saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labors; but their works shall follow them.'"

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Therefore walk thou in the good way, and keep the paths of the righteous.
Like as the door turneth about upon the threshold, even so doth the slothful welter himself in his bed.
And so after that he had tarried a long time, he enjoyed the promises.
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