'And his lord answering said to him, Evil servant, and slothful, thou hadst known that I reap where I did not sow, and I gather whence I did not scatter!

in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving;

wherefore, the rather, brethren, be diligent to make stedfast your calling and choice, for these things doing, ye may never stumble,

Faith

and so, having patiently endured, he did obtain the promise;

for of patience ye have need, that the will of God having done, ye may receive the promise,

By faith Abraham, being called, did obey, to go forth to the place that he was about to receive for an inheritance, and he went forth, not knowing whither he doth go;

And that in the good ground: These are they, who in an upright and good heart, having heard the word, do retain it, and bear fruit in continuance.

to those, indeed, who in continuance of a good work, do seek glory, and honour, and incorruptibility -- life age-during;

and if what we do not behold we hope for, through continuance we expect it.

unceasingly remembering of you the work of the faith, and the labour of the love, and the endurance of the hope, of our Lord Jesus Christ, in the presence of our God and Father,

if any one a captivity doth gather, into captivity he doth go away; if any one by sword doth kill, it behoveth him by sword to be killed; here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.

Here is endurance of the saints: here are those keeping the commands of God, and the faith of Jesus.'

Inherit

are they not all spirits of service -- for ministration being sent forth because of those about to inherit salvation?

for of patience ye have need, that the will of God having done, ye may receive the promise,

by faith he did sojourn in the land of the promise as a strange country, in tabernacles having dwelt with Isaac and Jacob, 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 a God of dead men, but of living.'

And it came to pass, that the poor man died, and that he was carried away by the messengers to the bosom of Abraham -- and the rich man also died, and was buried;

'And that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the Bush, since he doth call the Lord, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob;

and this is the promise that He did promise us -- the life the age-during.

And I heard a voice out of the heaven saying to me, 'Write: Happy are the dead who in the Lord are dying from this time!' 'Yes, (saith the Spirit,) That they may rest from their labours -- and their works do follow them!'

General references

That thou dost go in the way of the good, And the paths of the righteous dost keep.

The door turneth round on its hinge, And the slothful on his bed.

and so, having patiently endured, he did obtain the promise;