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.

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1 Peter 2:1

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General references

Matthew 24:13

Luke 21:19

John 7:17

Bible References

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A good man from the good stored up in his heart brings out what is good; and an evil man from the evil stored up brings out what is evil; for from the overflow of his heart his mouth speaks.

For I know that in me, that is, in my lower self, nothing good has its home; for while the will to do right is present with me, the power to carry it out is not.

For it is by grace that you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves. It is God's gift, and is not on the ground of merit--

Do not be deceived, my dearly-loved brethren.

Rid yourselves therefore of all ill-will and all deceitfulness, of insincerity and envy, and of all evil speaking.

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but those who stand firm to the End shall be saved.

to those on the one hand who, by lives of persistent right-doing, are striving for glory, honour and immortality, the Life of the Ages;

But now that you have been set free from the tyranny of Sin, and have become the bondservants of God, you have your reward in being made holy, and you have the Life of the Ages as the final result.

So, my brethren, to you also the Law died through the incarnation of Christ, that you might be wedded to Another, namely to Him who rose from the dead in order that we might yield fruit to God.

The Spirit, on the other hand, brings a harvest of love, joy, peace; patience towards others, kindness, benevolence;

being filled with these fruits of righteousness which come through Jesus Christ-- to the glory and praise of God.

Brethren, I do not imagine that I have yet laid hold of it. But this one thing I do--forgetting everything which is past and stretching forward to what lies in front of me,

For it has reached you, and remains with you, just as it has also spread through the whole world, yielding fruit there and increasing, as it has done among you from the day when first you heard it and came really to know the grace of God,

But we long for each of you to continue to manifest the same earnestness, with a view to your enjoying fulness of hope to the very End;

For you stand in need of patient endurance, so that, as the result of having done the will of God, you may receive the promised blessing.

Only let endurance have perfect results so that you may become perfect and complete, deficient in nothing.

Be patient therefore, brethren, until the Coming of the Lord. Notice how eagerly a farmer waits for a valuable crop! He is patient over it till it has received the early and the later rain.

General references

but those who stand firm to the End shall be saved.

By your patient endurance you will purchase your lives.

If any one is willing to do His will, he shall know about the teaching, whether it is from God or originates with me.