³⁶ You need to persevere^(A) so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.^(B)

¹³ All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised;^(A) they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance,^(B) admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.^(C)