Galatians 6:9
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9 So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up.(A)
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1 Corinthians 15:58
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58 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.(A)
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2 Thessalonians 3:13
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13 Brothers and sisters, do not be weary in doing what is right.
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Isaiah 40:30-31
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30 Even youths will faint and be weary,
and the young will fall exhausted,
31 but those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.(A)
Hebrews 10:35-39
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35 Do not, therefore, abandon that boldness of yours; it brings a great reward. 36 For you need endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what was promised.(A) 37 For yet
“in a very little while,
the one who is coming will come and will not delay,(B)
38 but my righteous one will live by faith.
My soul takes no pleasure in anyone who shrinks back.”(C)
39 But we are not among those who shrink back and so are lost but among those who have faith and so preserve our souls.(D)
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Hebrews 12:3
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3 Consider him who endured such hostility against himself from sinners,[a] so that you may not grow weary in your souls or lose heart.(A)
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- 12.3 Other ancient authorities read such hostility from sinners against themselves
1 Peter 2:15
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15 For it is God’s will that by doing right you should silence the ignorance of the foolish.
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James 5:7
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Patience in Suffering
7 Be patient, therefore, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains.(A)
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1 Peter 3:17
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17 For it is better to suffer for doing good, if suffering should be God’s will, than to suffer for doing evil.
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Revelation 2:3
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3 I also know that you are enduring and bearing up for the sake of my name and that you have not grown weary.(A)
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2 Corinthians 4:16
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Living by Faith
16 So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day.(A)
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1 Peter 4:19
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19 Therefore, let those suffering in accordance with God’s will entrust their lives to a faithful Creator, while continuing to do good.
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Matthew 10:22
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22 and you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.(A)
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Leviticus 26:4
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4 I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its produce, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.
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2 Corinthians 4:1
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Treasure in Clay Jars
4 Therefore, since it is by God’s mercy that we are engaged in this ministry, we do not lose heart.(A)
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Luke 18:1
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The Parable of the Widow and the Unjust Judge
18 Then Jesus[a] told them a parable about their need to pray always and not to lose heart.
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Revelation 2:7
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7 Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To everyone who conquers, I will give permission to eat from the tree of life that is in the paradise of God.(A)
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Matthew 24:13
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13 But the one who endures to the end will be saved.(A)
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Romans 2:7
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7 to those who by patiently doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life,
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Deuteronomy 11:14
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14 then he[a] will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the later rain, and you will gather in your grain, your wine, and your oil,(A)
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Revelation 2:26-29
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26 To everyone who conquers and continues to do my works to the end,
I will give authority over the nations,(A)
27 to rule[a] them with an iron scepter,
as when clay pots are shattered—(B)
28 “even as I also received authority from my Father. To the one who conquers I will also give the morning star.(C) 29 Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.
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Revelation 2:17
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17 Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To everyone who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give a white stone, and on the white stone is written a new name that no one knows except the one who receives it.(A)
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Revelation 3:12-13
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12 If you conquer, I will make you a pillar in the temple of my God; you will never go out of it. I will write on you the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem that comes down from my God out of heaven, and my own new name.(A) 13 Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.
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Psalm 145:15
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15 The eyes of all look to you,
and you give them their food in due season.(A)
Hebrews 3:14
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14 For we have become partners of Christ, if only we hold our first confidence firm to the end.
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