Hebrews 10:36 (NIV) You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.
Revelation 2:3 (NIV) You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary.
1 Timothy 4:6 (NIV) If you point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, brought up in the truths of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.
It is not up to you to complete the work, nor are you at liberty to give it up.
--From the Pirke Avoth
Today's Best Illustrations – Volume 5, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "PERSEVERANCE".
