¹⁶ The labor of the righteous `tendeth' to life; The increase of the wicked, to sin.

⁷ Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

⁸ For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.

⁹ And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

⁵⁸ 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 vain in the Lord.

²³ For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

²⁷ Work not for the food which perisheth, but for the food which abideth unto eternal life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him the Father, even God, hath sealed.

¹⁸ The wicked earneth deceitful wages; But he that soweth righteousness `hath' a sure reward.

¹⁹ He that is stedfast in righteousness `shall attain' unto life; And he that pursueth evil `doeth it' to his own death.

¹⁰ for God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered unto the saints, and still do minister.

¹³ But evil men and impostors shall wax worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

¹⁷ and their word will eat as doth a gangrene: or whom is Hymenaeus an Philetus;

¹⁸ men who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already, and overthrow the faith of some.

¹⁹ For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:

³³ Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit.

³⁴ Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

¹⁷ Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

¹⁸ A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

¹⁰ Say ye of the righteous, that `it shall be' well `with him'; for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

¹¹ Woe unto the wicked! `it shall be' ill `with him'; for what his hands have done shall be done unto him.

³⁰ The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; And he that is wise winneth souls.