7 For the earth accepts a blessing from God, by drinking in the rain that often falls upon it, and by producing plants that are useful to those by whom it is cultivated.
8 But whatever brings forth thorns and briers is rejected, and is closest to what is accursed; their consummation is in combustion.
9 But from you, most beloved, we are confident that there will be things better and closer to salvation; even though we speak in this way.
10 For God is not unjust, such that he would forget your work and the love that you have shown in his name. For you have ministered, and you continue to minister, to the saints.
11 Yet we desire that each one of you display the same solicitude toward the fulfillment of hope, even unto the end,
12 so that you may not be slow to act, but instead may be imitators of those who, through faith and patience, shall inherit the promises.
13 For God, in making promises to Abraham, swore by himself, (because he had no one greater by whom he might swear),