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So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.

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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 So, my dear brothers and sisters, be strong and immovable. Always work enthusiastically for the Lord, for you know that nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless.

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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 As for the rest of you, dear brothers and sisters, never get tired of doing good.

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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 youths will become weak and tired,
    and young men will fall in exhaustion.
31 But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength.
    They will soar high on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary.
    They will 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 So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you! 36 Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.

37 “For in just a little while,
    the Coming One will come and not delay.
38 And my righteous ones will live by faith.[a]
    But I will take no pleasure in anyone who turns away.”[b]

39 But we are not like those who turn away from God to their own destruction. We are the faithful ones, whose souls will be saved.

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Footnotes

  1. 10:38 Or my righteous ones will live by their faithfulness; Greek reads my righteous one will live by faith.
  2. 10:37-38 Hab 2:3-4.

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)

Think of all the hostility he endured from sinful people;[a] then you won’t become weary and give up.

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  1. 12:3 Some manuscripts read Think of how people hurt themselves by opposing him.

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

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Patience and Endurance

Dear brothers and sisters,[a] be patient as you wait for the Lord’s return. Consider the farmers who patiently wait for the rains in the fall and in the spring. They eagerly look for the valuable harvest to ripen.

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Footnotes

  1. 5:7 Greek brothers; also in 5:9, 10, 12, 19.

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 Remember, it is better to suffer for doing good, if that is what God wants, than to suffer for doing wrong!

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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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15 It is God’s will that your honorable lives should silence those ignorant people who make foolish accusations against you.

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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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You have patiently suffered for me without quitting.

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

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16 That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are[a] being renewed every day.

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  1. 4:16 Greek our inner being is.

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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22 And all nations will hate you because you are my followers.[a] But everyone who endures to the end will be saved.

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Footnotes

  1. 10:22 Greek on account of my name.

22 You will be hated by everyone because of me,(A) but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.(B)

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Parable of the Persistent Widow

18 One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up.

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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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