8. but if it brings forth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near to being cursed, and ends up by being burned.
9. But although we speak in this way, beloved, we are persuaded, concerning you, of better matters which possess deliverance.
10. For Elohim is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love which you have shown toward His Name, in that you have attended to the set-apart ones, and still attend.
11. And we desire that each one of you show the same eagerness, to the entire confirmation of expectation until the end,
12. in order that you do not become sluggish, but imitate those who through belief and patience inherit the promises.
13. For Elohim, having promised Aḇraham, since He could swear by no one greater, swore by Himself,
14. saying, “Truly, blessing I shall bless you, and increasing I shall increase you.”
15. And so, after being patient, he obtained the promise.
16. For men do indeed swear by the one greater, and an oath for confirmation is for them an end of all dispute.