34. You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.
35. So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.
36. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.
37. For,‘In just a little while,he who is coming will comeand will not delay.’
38. And,‘But my righteous one will live by faith.And I take no pleasurein the one who shrinks back.’
39. But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.