⁶ Who will give to every man his right reward:

⁷ To those who go on with good works in the hope of glory and honour and salvation from death, he will give eternal life:

⁸ But to those who, from a love of competition, are not guided by what is true, will come the heat of his wrath,

⁹ Trouble and sorrow on all whose works are evil, to the Jew first and then to the Greek;

³⁰ For this cause I will be your judge, O children of Israel, judging every man by his ways, says the Lord. Come back and be turned from all your sins; so that they may not be the cause of your falling into evil.

³¹ Put away all your evil-doing in which you have done sin; and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit: why are you desiring death, O children of Israel?

³² For I have no pleasure in the death of him on whom death comes, says the Lord: be turned back then, and have life.

⁷ For the Lord God is my helper; I will not be put to shame: so I have made my face like a rock, and I am certain that he will give me my right.

¹⁷ If any man is ready to do God's pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of where it comes from--from God or from myself.

³³ A thing may be put to the decision of chance, but it comes about through the Lord.

³⁵ So do not give up your hope which will be greatly rewarded.

³⁶ For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.

³⁷ In a very little time he who is coming will come; he will not be slow.

³⁸ But the upright man will be living by his faith; and if he goes back, my soul will have no pleasure in him.

³⁹ But we are not of those who go back to destruction; but of those who have faith even to the salvation of the soul.

³⁸ And they will be my people, and I will be their God:

³⁹ And I will give them one heart and one way, so that they may go on in the worship of me for ever, for their good and the good of their children after them:

⁴⁰ And I will make an eternal agreement with them, that I will never give them up, but ever do them good; and I will put the fear of me in their hearts, so that they will not go away from me.

²¹ A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.

³⁸ And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you.

⁵¹ You whose hearts are hard and whose ears are shut to me; you are ever working against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.

¹⁵ I have knowledge of your works, that you are not cold or warm: it would be better if you were cold or warm.

¹⁶ So because you are not one thing or the other, I will have no more to do with you.

¹⁷ For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing.

⁷ For this cause be ruled by God; but make war on the Evil One and he will be put to flight before you.

⁸ Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.

⁹ Be troubled, with sorrow and weeping; let your laughing be turned to sorrow and your joy to grief.