If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.

I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.

His master replied, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master’s happiness!’

Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.

Seek good, not evil, that you may live. Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is.

“On the day when I act,” says the Lord Almighty, “they will be my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son who serves him.”

And by faith even Sarah, who was past childbearing age, was enabled to bear children because she considered him faithful who had made the promise.

A gift opens the way and ushers the giver into the presence of the great.

Through these he has given us his very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble, and you will receive a rich welcome into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing.

God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

However, as it is written: “What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived”— the things God has prepared for those who love him.

Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever.

Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.

Sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.

Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.