American Standard Version of 1901
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Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; {Some ancient authorities read and may have.}and ye shall have {Greek: a tribulation of ten days.}tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.
For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed to us-ward.
For there stood by me this night an angel of the God whose I am, whom also I serve,
The wicked earneth deceitful wages;But he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.
withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.
withal taking up the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the evil one.
Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you.
And if ye do good to them that do good to you, what thank have ye? for even sinners do the same.
Cast not away therefore your boldness, which hath great recompense of reward.
The wicked earneth deceitful wages;But he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.
Thou {Or, sparest}meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou wast wroth, and we sinned: {Or, in those is continuance, and we shall be saved The Hebrew is obscure.}in them have we been of long time; and shall we be saved?
but as it is written, {Isaiah 64:4; 65:17.}Things which eye saw not, and ear heard not,And which entered not into the heart of man,Whatsoever things God prepared for them that love him.
For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give to me at that day; and not to me only, but also to all them that have loved his appearing.
Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; {Some ancient authorities read and may have.}and ye shall have {Greek: a tribulation of ten days.}tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.
For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then shall he render unto every man according to his {Greek: doing.}deeds.
Behold, I come quickly; and my {Or, wages}reward is with me, to render to each man according as his work is.
Look to yourselves, that ye {Or, destroy}lose not the things which {Many ancient authorities read ye.}we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not {Or, void}vain in the Lord.