¹⁹ By your patience possess your souls.

^36 (A)For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, ^(B)you may receive the promise:

²² And ^(A)you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. ^(B)But he who endures to the end will be saved.

³ And not only that, but ^(A)we also glory in tribulations, ^(B)knowing that tribulation produces ^[a]perseverance;

^3 (A)knowing that the testing of your faith produces ^[a]patience.

¹⁰ Because you have kept ^[a]My command to persevere, ^(A)I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon ^(B)the whole world, to test those who dwell ^(C)on the earth.

^10 (A)He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity; ^(B)he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. ^(C)Here is the ^[a]patience and the faith of the saints.

⁷ eternal life to those who by patient continuance in doing good seek for glory, honor, and immortality;