knowingthat the testingof your faithproducesendurance.
"By your enduranceyou will gainyour lives.
For whateverwas written in earlier timeswas writtenfor our instruction,sothat throughperseveranceand the encouragementof the Scriptureswe might havehope.
to thosewho by perseverancein doinggoodseekfor gloryand honorand immortality,eternallife;
But ifwe hopefor whatwe do not see,with perseverancewe wait eagerlyfor it.
And we knowthat Godcausesall thingsto work togetherfor goodto thosewho loveGod,to thosewho are calledaccordingto [His] purpose.
For momentary,lightafflictionis producingfor us an eternalweightof gloryfarbeyondall comparison,
strengthenedwith allpower,accordingto His gloriousmight,for the attaining of allsteadfastnessand patience;joyously
therefore,we ourselvesspeak proudlyof you amongthe churchesof Godfor your perseveranceand faithin the midst of allyour persecutionsand afflictionswhichyou endure.
May the Lorddirectyour heartsinto the loveof Godand into the steadfastnessof Christ.
For you haveneedof endurance,sothat when you have donethe willof God,you may receivewhat was promised.
Therefore,since we haveso greata cloudof witnessessurroundingus, let us alsolay asideeveryencumbranceand the sinwhich so easily entanglesus, and let us runwith endurancethe racethat is set beforeus,
sothat you will not be sluggish,but imitatorsof thosewho throughfaithand patienceinheritthe promises.
sothat the proofof your faith,[being] more preciousthan goldwhich is perishable,even thoughtestedby fire,may be foundto resultin praiseand gloryand honorat the revelationof JesusChrist;
and in [your] knowledge,self-control,and in [your] self-control,perseverance,and in [your] perseverance,godliness,
