And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

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Let us not become weary in doing good,(A) for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.(B)

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58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

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58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord,(A) because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.(B)

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13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

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13 And as for you, brothers and sisters, never tire of doing what is good.(A)

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30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:

31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

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30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
    and young men(A) stumble and fall;(B)
31 but those who hope(C) in the Lord
    will renew their strength.(D)
They will soar on wings like eagles;(E)
    they will run and not grow weary,
    they will walk and not be faint.(F)

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35 Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.

36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.

37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

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35 So do not throw away your confidence;(A) it will be richly rewarded.

36 You need to persevere(B) so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.(C) 37 For,

“In just a little while,
    he who is coming(D) will come
    and will not delay.”[a](E)

38 And,

“But my righteous[b] one will live by faith.(F)
    And I take no pleasure
    in the one who shrinks back.”[c](G)

39 But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.

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Footnotes

  1. Hebrews 10:37 Isaiah 26:20; Hab. 2:3
  2. Hebrews 10:38 Some early manuscripts But the righteous
  3. Hebrews 10:38 Hab. 2:4 (see Septuagint)

For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.

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Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary(A) and lose heart.

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15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

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15 For it is God’s will(A) that by doing good you should silence the ignorant talk of foolish people.(B)

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Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.

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Patience in Suffering

Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming.(A) See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting(B) for the autumn and spring rains.(C)

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17 For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

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17 For it is better, if it is God’s will,(A) to suffer for doing good(B) than for doing evil.

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16 For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

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16 Therefore we do not lose heart.(A) Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly(B) we are being renewed(C) day by day.

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And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.

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You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name,(A) and have not grown weary.

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19 Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator.

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19 So then, those who suffer according to God’s will(A) should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.

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18 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

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The Parable of the Persistent Widow

18 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.(A)

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