Add parallel Print Page Options

The ground receives a blessing from God when it drinks up the rain that regularly comes and falls on it and yields a useful crop for those people for whom it is being farmed. But if it produces thorns and thistles, it’s useless and close to being cursed. It ends up being burned.

Make your hope sure

But we are convinced of better things in your case, brothers and sisters, even though we are talking this way—things that go together with salvation.

Read full chapter

Bible Gateway Recommends

CEB Apocrypha - paperback
CEB Apocrypha - paperback
Retail: $19.99
Our Price: $12.27
Save: $7.72 (39%)
The CEB Lectio Divina Prayer Bible, Hardcover
The CEB Lectio Divina Prayer Bible, Hardcover
Retail: $35.99
Our Price: $32.39
Save: $3.60 (10%)
5.0 of 5.0 stars
The CEB Lectio Divina Prayer Bible, Bonded Leather
The CEB Lectio Divina Prayer Bible, Bonded Leather
Retail: $53.99
Our Price: $38.99
Save: $15.00 (28%)
5.0 of 5.0 stars
The CEB Student Bible
The CEB Student Bible
Retail: $34.99
Our Price: $24.99
Save: $10.00 (29%)