And his lord answering said to him, Wicked and slothful bondman, thou knewest that I reap where I had not sowed, and gather from where I had not scattered;

as to diligent zealousness, not slothful; in spirit fervent; serving the Lord.

Wherefore the rather, brethren, use diligence to make your calling and election sure, for doing these things ye will never fall;

Faith

and thus, having had long patience, he got the promise.

For ye have need of endurance in order that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.

By faith Abraham, being called, obeyed to go out into the place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out, not knowing where he was going.

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

to them who, in patient continuance of good works, seek for glory and honour and incorruptibility, life eternal.

But if what we see not we hope, we expect in patience.

remembering unceasingly your work of faith, and labour of love, and enduring constancy of hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;

If any one leads into captivity, he goes into captivity. If any one shall kill with the sword, he must with the sword be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.

Here is the endurance of the saints, who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.

Inherit

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out for service on account of those who shall inherit salvation?

For ye have need of endurance in order that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.

By faith he sojourned as a stranger in the land of promise as a foreign country, having dwelt in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise;

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

And it came to pass that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the angels into the bosom of Abraham. And the rich man also died and was buried.

But that the dead rise, even Moses shewed in the section of the bush, when he called the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob;

And this is the promise which he has promised us, life eternal.

And I heard a voice out of the heaven saying, Write, Blessed the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth. Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; for their works follow with them.

General references

that thou mayest walk in the way of the good, And keep the paths of the righteous.

As the door turneth upon its hinges, so the sluggard upon his bed.

and thus, having had long patience, he got the promise.