saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish.
And the rain came down, and the floods came, and the wind blew and beat on that house. And it fell, and great was its fall.
lest perhaps, after he has laid the foundation and is not able to finish, all those seeing begin to mock him,
Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not first sit down and consult whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
Now, "the Just shall live by faith. But if he draws back, My soul shall have no pleasure in him."
And we desire that each one of you show the same eagerness to the full assurance of hope to the end,
Look to yourselves, so that we may not lose those things which we worked out, but that we may receive a full reward.