32. Remember the days when you first learned the truth. You had a hard struggle with much suffering, but you continued strong.
33. Sometimes people said hateful things to you and mistreated you in public. And sometimes you helped others who were being treated that same way.
34. Yes, you helped them in prison and shared in their suffering. And you were still happy when everything you owned was taken away from you. You continued to be happy, because you knew that you had something much better—something that would continue forever.
35. So don’t lose the courage that you had in the past. Your courage will be rewarded richly.
36. You must be patient. After you have done what God wants, you will get what he promised you.
37. He says, “Very soon now, the one who is coming will come and will not be late.
38. The person who is right with me will live by trusting in me. But I will not be pleased with the one who turns back in fear.” Habakkuk 2:3-4 (Greek version)
39. But we are not those who turn back and are lost. No, we are the people who have faith and are saved.