¹⁴ For we have become partakers of Christ ^(A)if we keep the beginning of our ^[a](B)commitment firm until the end,

¹¹ And we desire that each one of you demonstrate the same diligence ^[a]so as to realize the ^(A)full assurance of ^(B)hope until the end, ¹² so that you will not be sluggish, but ^(C)imitators of those who through ^(D)faith and endurance ^(E)inherit the promises.

⁸ For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.

²⁸ so Christ also, having been ^(A)offered once to ^(B)bear the sins of many, will appear ^(C)a second time for ^(D)salvation ^(E)without reference to sin, to those who ^(F)eagerly await Him.

¹⁵ But the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word ^[a]with a good and virtuous heart, and hold it firmly, and produce fruit with ^[b]perseverance.

^6 (A)In this you greatly rejoice, even though now ^(B)for a little while, ^(C)if necessary, you have been distressed by ^(D)various ^[a]trials,

⁹ obtaining as ^(A)the outcome of your faith, the salvation of ^[a]your souls.