Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
Parallel translations
- WEB Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.
- KJV And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
- NKJV And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
- NASB Let’s not become discouraged in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not become weary.
- NLT So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.
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Quick answer
Believers should not grow weary in doing good, for in due time they will reap a harvest if they do not give up. Perseverance in good works will be rewarded by God.
Overview
Paul encourages steadfastness in the often-tiring work of doing good. The promised harvest comes 'in due season,' at God's appointed time, so believers must keep on without losing heart. This verse offers hope and motivation, assuring weary saints that Spirit-empowered faithfulness is never in vain because God Himself guarantees the harvest.
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Cross-references · 33
- 1 Cor 15:58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
- 2 Th 3:13But as for you, brothers, do not grow weary in well-doing.
- Isa 40:30–31Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.
- Heb 10:35–39So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
- Heb 12:3Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
- 1 Pet 2:15For it is God’s will that by doing good you should silence the ignorance of foolish men.
- Jas 5:7Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
- 1 Pet 3:17For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil.
- 2 Cor 4:16Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
- Rev 2:3Without growing weary, you have persevered and endured many things for the sake of My name.
- 1 Pet 4:19So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
- Luke 18:1Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
- Matt 24:13But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
- 2 Cor 4:1Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.
- Matt 10:22You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
- Lev 26:4I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit.
- Rev 2:7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.
- Rev 2:26–29And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.
- Rom 2:7To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
- Ps 145:15The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.
- Rev 2:17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.
- Deut 11:14then I will provide rain for your land in season, the autumn and spring rains, that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil.
- Rev 3:5–6Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.
- Eph 3:13So I ask you not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.
- Zeph 3:16On that day they will say to Jerusalem: “Do not fear, O Zion; do not let your hands fall limp.
- Rev 3:12–13The one who overcomes I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it. Upon him I will write the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from My God), and My new name.
- Rev 3:21–22To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
- Heb 3:6But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.
- Heb 3:14We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.
- Rev 2:10–11Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
- Ps 104:27All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.
- Heb 12:5And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
- Mal 1:13You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from your hands?” asks the LORD.
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