30 For we know the one who said, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”
31 It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 But remember the former days in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings,
33 sometimes being publicly exposed both to insults and to afflictions, and sometimes becoming sharers with those who were treated in this way.
34 For you both sympathized with the prisoners and put up with the seizure of your belongings with joy because you knew that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.
35 Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has great reward.
36 For you have need of endurance, in order that after you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.