Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Don’t be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what is the good, well-pleasing, and perfect will of God.

I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.

“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.

Pray without ceasing.

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,

For this is the will of God: your sanctification, that you abstain from sexual immorality,

that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit,

Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outcry, and slander be put away from you, with all malice.

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

That which fell among the thorns, these are those who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with cares, riches, and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to maturity.

Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.

The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.”

and the cares of this age, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

Foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you not to obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was openly portrayed among you as crucified?

For God called us not for uncleanness, but in sanctification.

seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue,

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

Most certainly I tell you, we speak that which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, and you don’t receive our witness.

strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into God’s Kingdom.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

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

Don’t speak against one another, brothers. He who speaks against a brother and judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge.

Seeing you have purified your souls in your obedience to the truth through the Spirit in sincere brotherly affection, love one another from the heart fervently,

Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne;

One of the elders said to me, “Don’t weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome: he who opens the book and its seven seals.”

The beast that you saw was, and is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be present.

I see him, but not now. I see him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob. A scepter will rise out of Israel, and shall strike through the corners of Moab, and crush all the sons of Sheth.

Woe to you who destroy, but you weren’t destroyed, and who betray, but nobody betrayed you! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed; and when you have finished betrayal, you will be betrayed.

Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own relatives, and in his own house.”

He said, “Most certainly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.

“By your endurance you will win your lives.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

But thanks be to God, that, whereas you were bondservants of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were delivered.

You were running well! Who interfered with you that you should not obey the truth?

However you did well that you shared in my affliction.

Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.

for Demas left me, having loved this present world, and went to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia; and Titus to Dalmatia.

Be free from the love of money, content with such things as you have, for he has said, “I will in no way leave you, neither will I in any way forsake you.”

Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.

We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts:

the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,

For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

who testified to God’s word and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.

They cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”

Here is the perseverance of the saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.”

Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

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

Brothers, don’t be children in thoughts, yet in malice be babies, but in thoughts be mature.

Having therefore these promises, beloved, let’s cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

No soldier on duty entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.

Don’t grumble, brothers, against one another, so that you won’t be judged. Behold, the judge stands at the door.

For, “He who would love life and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil and his lips from speaking deceit.

that you no longer should live the rest of your time in the flesh for the lusts of men, but for the will of God.

Everyone who has this hope set on him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

If anyone is to go into captivity, he will go into captivity. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, he must be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.

But he who endures to the end will be saved.

for I have five brothers, that he may testify to them, so they won’t also come into this place of torment.’

For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.

So then, my beloved, even as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

but now you also put them all away: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and shameful speaking out of your mouth.

Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,

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

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.

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

I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.”

I was also perfect toward him. I kept myself from my iniquity.

They went after them to the Jordan; and behold, all the path was full of garments and equipment which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. The messengers returned, and told the king.

“Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?

Shall they not teach you, tell you, and utter words out of their heart?

I was also blameless with him. I kept myself from my iniquity.

I run in the path of your commandments, for you have set my heart free.

Take me away with you. Let’s hurry. The king has brought me into his rooms. We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will praise your love more than wine! They are right to love you.

Don’t fear, neither be afraid. Haven’t I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don’t know any other Rock.”

If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed, rather than having your two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire,

He, casting away his cloak, sprang up, and came to Jesus.

He said to them, “Collect no more than that which is appointed to you.”

He said to them, “Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man’s life doesn’t consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses.”

What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness.

When they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea.

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

but in everything commending ourselves, as servants of God, in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,

For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh;

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

By faith, Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he had testimony given to him that he was righteous, God testifying with respect to his gifts; and through it he, being dead, still speaks.

Through Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.

“Who are these who fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?

You will ascend. You will come like a storm. You will be like a cloud to cover the land, you, and all your hordes, and many peoples with you.”

You will come up against my people Israel, as a cloud to cover the land. It will happen in the latter days, that I will bring you against my land, that the nations may know me, when I am sanctified in you, Gog, before their eyes.”

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

From that city many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman, who testified, “He told me everything that I did.”

knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.