Even though we speak like this, dear friends, we are convinced of better things in your case--the things that have to do with salvation. God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized. We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
Even though we speak like this, dear friends
1 Corinthians 10:14 Therefore, my dear friends, flee from idolatry.
God is not unjust, he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them
Matthew 10:40 "Anyone who welcomes you welcomes me, and anyone who welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me."
Matthew 10:42 "And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones who is my disciple, truly I tell you, that person will certainly not lose their reward."
1 Thessalonians 1:3 We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized
Hebrews 3:6 But Christ is faithful as the Son over God's house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory.
We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate
Hebrews 13:7 Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
those who through faith and patience
2 Thessalonians 1:4 Therefore, among God's churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.
James 1:3 ... because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.
Revelation 13:10 "If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity they will go. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword they will be killed." (Jeremiah 15:2) This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of God's people.
Revelation 14:12 This calls for patient endurance on the part of the people of God who keep his commands and remain faithful to Jesus.
inherit what has been promised
Hebrews 10:36 You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.
(parentheses are mine)
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