2 Timothy 2:6

rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the laborers are few.

knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

“By your endurance you will win your lives.

For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain.” And, “The laborer is worthy of his wages.”

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control perseverance; and in perseverance godliness;

Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

or he who exhorts, to his exhorting; he who gives, let him do it with generosity; he who rules, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness.

What soldier ever serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard, and doesn’t eat of its fruit? Or who feeds a flock, and doesn’t drink from the flock’s milk?

Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

For the Lord Yahweh will help me. Therefore I have not been confounded. Therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I won’t be disappointed.

You, son of man, don’t be afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns are with you, and you dwell among scorpions. Don’t be afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.

Jesus said, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News,

Now all these things happened to them by way of example, and they were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come.

Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such people in honor,

For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.

Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

Better is the end of a thing than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

My own vineyard is before me. The thousand are for you, Solomon, two hundred for those who tend its fruit.

I will make you to this people a fortified bronze wall. They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you to save you and to deliver you,” says Yahweh.

You shall tell the rebellious, even the house of Israel, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “You house of Israel, let that be enough of all your abominations,

You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field,

Those in the good ground, these are those who with an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produce fruit with perseverance.

which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.

Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.

to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;

or does he say it assuredly for our sake? Yes, it was written for our sake, because he who plows ought to plow in hope, and he who threshes in hope should partake of his hope.

that you also be in subjection to such, and to everyone who helps in the work and labors.

But let him who is taught in the word share all good things with him who teaches.

Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be glorified, even as also with you,

Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession: Jesus,

For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.

make you complete in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

The world is passing away with its lusts, but he who does God’s will remains forever.

You have perseverance and have endured for my name’s sake, and have not grown weary.

You may eat it anywhere, you and your households, for it is your reward in return for your service in the Tent of Meeting.

You shall not forsake the Levite who is within your gates, for he has no portion nor inheritance with you.

They shall have like portions to eat, in addition to that which comes from the sale of his family possessions.

When they had gone over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask what I shall do for you, before I am taken from you.” Elisha said, “Please let a double portion of your spirit be on me.”

An abundance of food is in poor people’s fields, but injustice sweeps it away.

Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve kings. He won’t serve obscure men.

Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.

“Woe to the rebellious children”, says Yahweh, “who take counsel, but not from me; and who make an alliance, but not with my Spirit, that they may add sin to sin,

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

Don’t be afraid because of them, for I am with you to rescue you,” says Yahweh.

Let them be disappointed who persecute me, but let not me be disappointed. Let them be dismayed, but don’t let me be dismayed. Bring on them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction.

But as for me, I am full of power by Yahweh’s Spirit, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his disobedience, and to Israel his sin.

He set another parable before them, saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field;

He spoke another parable to them. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened.”

“Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,

But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, ‘Son, go work today in my vineyard.’

“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a wedding feast for his son,

“Then the Kingdom of Heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.

“I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.

When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’

From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called to himself the elders of the assembly.

But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

Therefore give everyone what you owe: if you owe taxes, pay taxes; if customs, then customs; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.

Now he who plants and he who waters are the same, but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor.

God has set some in the assembly: first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracle workers, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, and various kinds of languages.

For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge those who are like that.

Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,

For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don’t cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding,

remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and perseverance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.

For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;

Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones’ sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence firm to the end,

that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.

For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

I John, your brother and partner with you in the oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God’s Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Behold, I will give to your servants, the cutters who cut timber, twenty thousand cors of beaten wheat, twenty thousand baths of barley, twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil.”

I have made your forehead as a diamond, harder than flint. Don’t be afraid of them, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they are a rebellious house.”

“Answerable to the border of the priests, the Levites shall have twenty-five thousand in length, and ten thousand in width. All the length shall be twenty-five thousand, and the width ten thousand.

“For the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who was the master of a household, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard.

When evening had come, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last to the first.’

Immediately he who received the five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents.

Then he said to them, “The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray therefore to the Lord of the harvest, that he may send out laborers into his harvest.

Remain in that same house, eating and drinking the things they give, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Don’t go from house to house.

Now I do this for the sake of the Good News, that I may be a joint partaker of it.

But we beg you, brothers, to know those who labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you,