¹⁰ as we ^(A)keep praying most earnestly night and day that we may ^(B)see your faces, and may ^(C)complete what is lacking in your faith?

³⁰ I ^(A)searched for a man among them who would ^(B)build up a wall and ^(C)stand in the gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found ^[a]no one. ³¹ So I have poured out My ^(D)indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; I have brought ^(E)their way upon their heads,” declares the Lord God.

² You lust and do not have, so you ^(A)commit murder. And you are envious and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.

³⁶ For ^(A)from Him, and through Him, and to Him are all things. ^(B)To Him be the glory ^[a]forever. Amen.

^17 (A)pray without ceasing,

The Tongue Is a Fire

3 ^(A)Do not become teachers in large numbers, ^(B)my brothers, since you know that we who are teachers will incur a ^[a]stricter judgment.

¹⁵ Be diligent to ^(A)present yourself approved to God as a worker who ^[a]does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling ^(B)the word of truth.

¹⁰ According to ^(A)the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder ^(B)I laid a foundation, and ^(C)another is building on it. But each person must be careful how he builds on it. ¹¹ For no one can lay a ^(D)foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. ¹² Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, ^13 (E)each one’s work will become evident; for ^(F)the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test ^[a]the quality of each one’s work. ¹⁴ If anyone’s work which he has built on it remains, he will ^(G)receive a reward. ¹⁵ If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet only ^(H)so as through fire.