Then Jacob said, ‘Look, it is still broad daylight. It’s not time for the animals to be gathered. Water the flock, then go out and let them graze.’
Galatians 6:9 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Let us not get tired of doing good, for we shall reap at the proper time if we don’t give up. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint. American Standard Version (1901) And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Common English Bible Let’s not get tired of doing good, because in time we’ll have a harvest if we don’t give up. Catholic Public Domain Version And so, let us not be deficient in doing good. For in due time, we shall reap without fail. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And in doing good, let us not fail. For in due time we shall reap, not failing. |
Then Jacob said, ‘Look, it is still broad daylight. It’s not time for the animals to be gathered. Water the flock, then go out and let them graze.’
The wicked person earns an empty wage, but the one who sows righteousness, a true reward.
Send your bread on the surface of the water, for after many days you may find it.
“You have said, ‘Woe is me, because the Lord has added misery to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.’ ”
I will give you rain at the right time, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.
On that day it will be said to Jerusalem: ‘Do not fear; Zion, do not let your hands grow weak.
You also say, “Look, what a nuisance! ” And you scorn it,’ , says the Lord of Armies. ‘You bring stolen, , lame, or sick animals. You bring this as an offering! Am I to accept that from your hands? ’ asks the Lord.
You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
Now he told them a parable on the need for them to pray always and not give up.
eternal life to those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honour, and immortality;
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labour in the Lord is not in vain.
Therefore, since we have this ministry because we were shown mercy, we do not give up.
Therefore we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day.
The point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously.
So, then, I ask you not to be discouraged over my afflictions on your behalf, for they are your glory.
I will provide rain for your land in the proper time, the autumn and spring rains, and you will harvest your grain, new wine, and fresh oil.
But as for you, brothers and sisters, do not grow weary in doing good.
For consider him who endured such hostility from sinners against himself, so that you won’t grow weary and give up.
And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: My son, do not take the Lord’s discipline lightly or lose heart when you are reproved by him,
For we have become participants in Christ if we hold firmly until the end the reality that we had at the start.
But Christ was faithful as a Son over his household. And we are that household if we hold on to our confidence and the hope in which we boast. ,
Therefore, brothers and sisters, be patient until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth and is patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains.
For it is God’s will that you silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good.
For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.
So then, let those who suffer according to God’s will entrust themselves to a faithful Creator while doing what is good.
‘Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give some of the hidden manna. , I will also give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name is inscribed that no one knows except the one who receives it.
I know that you have persevered and endured hardships for the sake of my name, and you have not grown weary.
‘Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.