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Afflictions » Moments of Discouragement » True believers do not faint under
and you have quite forgotten the encouraging words which are addressed to you as sons, and which say, "My son, do not think lightly of the Lord's discipline, and do not faint when He corrects you;
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Therefore, being engaged in this service and being mindful of the mercy which has been shown us, we are not cowards.
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Therefore we are not cowards. Nay, even though our outward man is wasting away, yet our inward man is being renewed day by day.
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Let us not abate our courage in doing what is right; for in due time we shall reap a reward, if we do not faint.
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Therefore I entreat you not to lose heart in the midst of my sufferings on your behalf, for they bring you honour.
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And you endure patiently and have borne burdens for My sake and have never grown weary.
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Bearing fruit » Who shall yield fruit
Let us not abate our courage in doing what is right; for in due time we shall reap a reward, if we do not faint.
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But he who has received the seed on good ground is he who hears and understands. Such hearers give a return, and yield one a hundred for one, another sixty, another thirty.")
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Those, on the other hand, who have received the seed on the good ground, are all who hear the Message and welcome it, and yield a return of thirty, sixty, or a hundred fold."
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But as for that in the good ground, it means those who, having listened to the Message with open minds and in a right spirit, hold it fast, and patiently yield a return.
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"I am the Vine--the True Vine, and my Father is the vine-dresser. Every branch in me--if it bears no fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are cleansed--through the teaching which I have given you. read more.
Continue in me, and let me continue in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself--that is, if it does not continue in the vine--so neither can you if you do not continue in me. I am the Vine, you are the branches. He who continues in me and in whom I continue bears abundant fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. If any one does not continue in me, he is like the unfruitful branch which is at once thrown away and then withers up. Such branches they gather up and throw into the fire and they are burned. "If you continue in me and my sayings continue in you, ask what you will and it shall be done for you. By this is God glorified--by your bearing abundant fruit and thus being true disciples of mine. As the Father has loved me, I have also loved you: continue in my love. If you obey my commands, you will continue in my love, as I have obeyed my Father's commands and continue in His love. "These things I have spoken to you in order that I may have joy in you, and that your joy may become perfect. This is my commandment to you, to love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this--a man laying down his life for his friends. You are my friends, if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, because a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because all that I have heard from the Father I have made known to you. It is not you who chose me, but it is I who chose you and appointed you that you might go and be fruitful and that your fruit might remain; so that whatever petition you present to the Father in my name He may give you.
Continue in me, and let me continue in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself--that is, if it does not continue in the vine--so neither can you if you do not continue in me. I am the Vine, you are the branches. He who continues in me and in whom I continue bears abundant fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. If any one does not continue in me, he is like the unfruitful branch which is at once thrown away and then withers up. Such branches they gather up and throw into the fire and they are burned. "If you continue in me and my sayings continue in you, ask what you will and it shall be done for you. By this is God glorified--by your bearing abundant fruit and thus being true disciples of mine. As the Father has loved me, I have also loved you: continue in my love. If you obey my commands, you will continue in my love, as I have obeyed my Father's commands and continue in His love. "These things I have spoken to you in order that I may have joy in you, and that your joy may become perfect. This is my commandment to you, to love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this--a man laying down his life for his friends. You are my friends, if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, because a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, because all that I have heard from the Father I have made known to you. It is not you who chose me, but it is I who chose you and appointed you that you might go and be fruitful and that your fruit might remain; so that whatever petition you present to the Father in my name He may give you.
Constancy » In beneficence
Let us not abate our courage in doing what is right; for in due time we shall reap a reward, if we do not faint.
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Diligence » Required in the service of God
We must do the works of Him who sent me while there is daylight. Night is coming on, when no one can work.
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Let us not abate our courage in doing what is right; for in due time we shall reap a reward, if we do not faint.
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Diligence » In the service of God » Should be preserved in
Let us not abate our courage in doing what is right; for in due time we shall reap a reward, if we do not faint.
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Endurance » The reward for enduring
Let us not abate our courage in doing what is right; for in due time we shall reap a reward, if we do not faint.
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I have gone through the glorious contest; I have run the race; I have guarded the faith. From this time onward there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me, but also to all who love the thought of His Appearing.
The sufferings that you are enduring are for your discipline. God is dealing with you as sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? And if you are left without discipline, of which every true son has had a share, that shows that you are bastards, and not true sons. Besides this, our earthly fathers used to discipline us and we treated them with respect, and shall we not be still more submissive to the Father of our spirits, and live? read more.
It is true that they disciplined us for a few years according as they thought fit; but He does it for our certain good, in order that we may become sharers in His own holy character.
It is true that they disciplined us for a few years according as they thought fit; but He does it for our certain good, in order that we may become sharers in His own holy character.
"To the minister of the Church at Smyrna write as follows: "'This is what the First and the Last says--He who died and has returned to life. Your sufferings I know, and your poverty--but you are rich--and the evil name given you by those who say that they themselves are Jews, and are not, but are Satan's synagogue. Dismiss your fears concerning all that you are about to suffer. I tell you that the Devil is about to throw some of you into prison that you may be put to the test, and for ten days you will have to endure persecution. Be faithful to the End, even if you have to die, and then I will give you the victor's Wreath of Life.
Faint not » True believers do not faint under afflictions
and you have quite forgotten the encouraging words which are addressed to you as sons, and which say, "My son, do not think lightly of the Lord's discipline, and do not faint when He corrects you;
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Therefore, being engaged in this service and being mindful of the mercy which has been shown us, we are not cowards.
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Therefore we are not cowards. Nay, even though our outward man is wasting away, yet our inward man is being renewed day by day.
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Let us not abate our courage in doing what is right; for in due time we shall reap a reward, if we do not faint.
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Therefore I entreat you not to lose heart in the midst of my sufferings on your behalf, for they bring you honour.
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And you endure patiently and have borne burdens for My sake and have never grown weary.
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Harvest » Spiritual, general references to
Let us not abate our courage in doing what is right; for in due time we shall reap a reward, if we do not faint.
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But no sooner is the crop ripe, than he sends the reapers, because the time of harvest has come."
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Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest is abundant, but the reapers are few;
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And He addressed them thus: "The harvest is abundant, but the reapers are few: therefore entreat the Owner of the harvest to send out more reapers into His fields. And now go.
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Do you not say, 'It wants four months yet to the harvest'? But look round, I tell you, and observe these plains-- they are already ripe for the sickle. The reaper gets pay and gathers in a crop in preparation for the Life of the Ages, that so the sower and the reapers may rejoice together.
Patience » To be exercised in » Well-doing
Let us not abate our courage in doing what is right; for in due time we shall reap a reward, if we do not faint.
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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;
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Perseverance » In persevering to the end
Let us not abate our courage in doing what is right; for in due time we shall reap a reward, if we do not faint.
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Therefore, surrounded as we are by such a vast cloud of witnesses, let us fling aside every encumbrance and the sin that so readily entangles our feet. And let us run with patient endurance the race that lies before us,
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As the Father has loved me, I have also loved you: continue in my love.
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And, when the congregation had broken up, many of the Jews and of the devout converts from heathenism continued with Paul and Barnabas, who talked to them and urged them to hold fast to the grace of God.
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I am coming quickly: cling to that which you already possess, so that your wreath of victory be not taken away from you.
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Therefore gird up your minds and fix your hopes calmly and unfalteringly upon the boon that is soon to be yours, at the re-appearing of Jesus Christ.
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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;
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But you must cling to the things which you have learnt and have been taught to believe, knowing who your teachers were,
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Perseverance » In well-doing » Is not in vain
Let us not abate our courage in doing what is right; for in due time we shall reap a reward, if we do not faint.
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Therefore, my dear brethren, be firm, unmovable, busily occupied at all times in the Lord's work, knowing that your toil is not fruitless in the Lord.
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Reaping » Spiritual harvest
Let us not abate our courage in doing what is right; for in due time we shall reap a reward, if we do not faint.
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But no sooner is the crop ripe, than he sends the reapers, because the time of harvest has come."
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Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest is abundant, but the reapers are few;
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And He addressed them thus: "The harvest is abundant, but the reapers are few: therefore entreat the Owner of the harvest to send out more reapers into His fields. And now go.
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Do you not say, 'It wants four months yet to the harvest'? But look round, I tell you, and observe these plains-- they are already ripe for the sickle. The reaper gets pay and gathers in a crop in preparation for the Life of the Ages, that so the sower and the reapers may rejoice together.
Reaping » Illustrative of » Receiving the reward of righteousness
He who sows in the field of his lower nature, will from that nature reap destruction; but he who sows to serve the Spirit will from the Spirit reap the Life of the Ages. Let us not abate our courage in doing what is right; for in due time we shall reap a reward, if we do not faint.
Sowing and reaping » Reaping, harvest of sin » Harvest, spiritual, general references to
Let us not abate our courage in doing what is right; for in due time we shall reap a reward, if we do not faint.
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But no sooner is the crop ripe, than he sends the reapers, because the time of harvest has come."
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Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest is abundant, but the reapers are few;
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And He addressed them thus: "The harvest is abundant, but the reapers are few: therefore entreat the Owner of the harvest to send out more reapers into His fields. And now go.
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Do you not say, 'It wants four months yet to the harvest'? But look round, I tell you, and observe these plains-- they are already ripe for the sickle. The reaper gets pay and gathers in a crop in preparation for the Life of the Ages, that so the sower and the reapers may rejoice together.
Spiritual » Examples of growth » Harvest
Let us not abate our courage in doing what is right; for in due time we shall reap a reward, if we do not faint.
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But no sooner is the crop ripe, than he sends the reapers, because the time of harvest has come."
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Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest is abundant, but the reapers are few;
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And He addressed them thus: "The harvest is abundant, but the reapers are few: therefore entreat the Owner of the harvest to send out more reapers into His fields. And now go.
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Do you not say, 'It wants four months yet to the harvest'? But look round, I tell you, and observe these plains-- they are already ripe for the sickle. The reaper gets pay and gathers in a crop in preparation for the Life of the Ages, that so the sower and the reapers may rejoice together.
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » In persevering to the end
Let us not abate our courage in doing what is right; for in due time we shall reap a reward, if we do not faint.
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Therefore, surrounded as we are by such a vast cloud of witnesses, let us fling aside every encumbrance and the sin that so readily entangles our feet. And let us run with patient endurance the race that lies before us,
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As the Father has loved me, I have also loved you: continue in my love.
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And, when the congregation had broken up, many of the Jews and of the devout converts from heathenism continued with Paul and Barnabas, who talked to them and urged them to hold fast to the grace of God.
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I am coming quickly: cling to that which you already possess, so that your wreath of victory be not taken away from you.
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Therefore gird up your minds and fix your hopes calmly and unfalteringly upon the boon that is soon to be yours, at the re-appearing of Jesus Christ.
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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;
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But you must cling to the things which you have learnt and have been taught to believe, knowing who your teachers were,
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Trials » True believers do not faint under
and you have quite forgotten the encouraging words which are addressed to you as sons, and which say, "My son, do not think lightly of the Lord's discipline, and do not faint when He corrects you;
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Therefore, being engaged in this service and being mindful of the mercy which has been shown us, we are not cowards.
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Therefore we are not cowards. Nay, even though our outward man is wasting away, yet our inward man is being renewed day by day.
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Let us not abate our courage in doing what is right; for in due time we shall reap a reward, if we do not faint.
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Therefore I entreat you not to lose heart in the midst of my sufferings on your behalf, for they bring you honour.
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And you endure patiently and have borne burdens for My sake and have never grown weary.
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