You say also, 'Behold, what a weariness it is!' and you have sniffed at it,* says the LORD of Armies; *and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this at your hand?* says the LORD.
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.
that I will give the rain of your land in its season, the former rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, and your new wine, and your oil.
and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, *My son, don't take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;
Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.