Did you sufferso many thingsin vain--ifindeedit was in vain?
"But when a righteousmanturnsawayfrom his righteousness,commitsiniquityand doesaccording to allthe abominationsthat a wickedmandoes,will he live?Allhis righteousdeedswhichhe has donewill not be rememberedfor his treacherywhichhe has committedand his sinwhichhe has committed;for them he will die.
by whichalsoyou are saved,ifyou hold fastthe wordwhichI preachedto you, unlessyou believedin vain.
Are you sofoolish?Having begunby the Spirit,are you nowbeing perfectedby the flesh?
Watchyourselves,that you do not losewhatwe have accomplished,but that you may receivea fullreward.
