For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,
Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; fret not yourself over the one who prospers in his way, over the man who carries out evil devices!
Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains. You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand. Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing at the door. As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful.
Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
By your endurance you will gain your lives.
And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise.
to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;
Here is a call for the endurance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus.
And the world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever.
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy;
Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.
knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.
For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus,
equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, greets you, always struggling on your behalf in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.
not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope,
And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, ‘I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’
If anyone's will is to do God's will, he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.
As for that in the good soil, they are those who, hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.
But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes go into the kingdom of God before you.
For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother.”
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.
If anyone is to be taken captive, to captivity he goes; if anyone is to be slain with the sword, with the sword must he be slain. Here is a call for the endurance and faith of the saints.
remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath,
For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers and saw corruption,
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