8. but if it bears thorns and thistles, it is rejected and near being cursed, whose end is to be burnt.
9. But, beloved, we are persuaded of better things for you, and things that accompany salvation, even though we speak like this.
10. For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your work and the labour of love which you showed towards his name, in that you served the holy ones, and still do serve them.