Hebrews 6:8-12

8but if it persistently produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned.

9But, beloved, even though we speak to you in this way, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and of things that accompany salvation.

10For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown for His name in ministering to [the needs of] the saints (God’s people), as you do.

11And we desire for each one of you to show the same diligence [all the way through] so as to realize and enjoy the full assurance of hope until the end,

12so that you will not be [spiritually] sluggish, but [will instead be] imitators of those who through faith [lean on God with absolute trust and confidence in Him and in His power] and by patient endurance [even when suffering] are [now] inheriting the promises.