Luke 8:15

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Summary

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

In an

1 Peter 2:1

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General references

Matthew 24:13

Luke 21:19

John 7:17

Bible References

In an

The good man produces good from the good stored in his heart, and the evil man evil from his evil: for a man's mouth utters what his heart is full of.

For in me (that is, in my flesh) no good dwells, I know; the wish is there, but not the power of doing what is right.

For it is by grace you have been saved, as you had faith; it is not your doing but God's gift,

Make no mistake about this, my beloved brothers:

So off with all malice, all guile and insincerity and envy and slander of every kind!

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but he will be saved who holds out to the very end.

eternal life to those who by patiently doing good aim at glory, honour, and immortality,

but now that you are set free from sin, now that you have passed into the service of God, your gain is consecration, and the end of that is life eternal.

It is the same in your case, my brothers. The crucified body of Christ made you dead to the Law, so that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead that we might be fruitful to God.

But the harvest of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, good temper, kindliness, generosity, fidelity,

your life covered with that harvest of righteousness which Jesus Christ produces to the glory and the praise of God.

Brothers, I for one do not consider myself to have appropriated this; my one thought is, by forgetting what lies behind me and straining to what lies before me,

which has reached you as it spreads over all the world with fruit and increase. Such has been your life from the day you learned to know what God's grace really is.

It is my heart's desire that each of you would prove equally keen upon realizing your full hope to the very end,

Steady patience is what you need, so that after doing the will of God you may get what you have been promised.

only, let your endurance be a finished product, so that you may be finished and complete, with never a defect.

Be patient, then, brothers, till the arrival of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious crop of the land, biding his time patiently till he gets the autumn and the spring rains;

General references

but he will be saved who holds out to the very end.

Hold out stedfast and you win your souls.

anyone who chooses to do his will, shall understand whether my teaching comes from God or whether I am talking on my own authority.