But having answered, his lord said to him, Thou evil and lazy bondman, thou knew that I reap where I sowed not, and gather from where I did not scatter.

not lazy in diligence, being fervent in the Spirit serving the Lord,

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

Faith

And this way, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

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

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.

But those in the good ground, these are those who in an good and right heart, having heard the word, hold it firm, and bring forth fruit in perseverance.

to those who indeed seek by perseverance of good work, glory and esteem and immortality--eternal life--

But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait through patience.

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope of our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

If any man keeps in captivity, he goes. If any man kills with a sword, he must be killed with a sword. Here is the perseverance and the faith of the sanctified.

Here is the perseverance of the sanctified. Here are those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.

Inherit

Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth for service for the sake of those who are going to inherit salvation?

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

By faith he lived alien in the land of promise as a foreigner, having dwelt in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the fellow heirs 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 for the poor man to die and be carried by the heavenly agents to Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died and was buried.

But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the Bush when he calls Lord, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

And this is the promise that he promised us: the eternal life.

And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Write, Blessed are the dead who die in Lord from henceforth. Yea, says the Spirit, so that they may rest from their toils, and their works follow with them.

General references

that thou may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

The door turns upon its hinges, so does the sluggard upon his bed.

And this way, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.