⁹ ·Dear friends [Loved ones; ^TBeloved], we are saying this to you, but we ·really expect [are convinced/confident of] better things from you that ·will lead to [or accompany; come with] your salvation. ¹⁰ [For] God is ·fair [^Lnot unjust]; he will not forget the work you did and the love you showed ·for him [^Lin his name] by ·helping [serving] his ·people [holy people; ^Tsaints]. And he will remember that you are still ·helping [serving] them. ¹¹ We ·want [desire for] each of you to ·go on with the same hard work [demonstrate the same zeal/diligence] ·all your lives [^Luntil the end] ·so you will surely get what you hope for [or until your hope is fulfilled/attained]. ¹² We do not want you to become ·lazy [sluggish; ^Cin contrast to diligent; v. 11]. Be ·like [^Limitators of] those who through faith and ·patience [endurance] will ·receive [inherit] what God has promised.