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Do Not Grow Weary in Doing Good: The Aspect of Endurance in Galatians 6:9
τὸ δὲ καλὸν ποιοῦντες μὴ ἐκκακῶμεν· καιρῷ γὰρ ἰδίῳ θερίσομεν μὴ ἐκλυόμενοι.
In the closing exhortations of his letter to the Galatians, Paul issues a pastoral rallying cry that has echoed through the centuries:
τὸ δὲ καλὸν ποιοῦντες μὴ ἐκκακῶμεν· καιρῷ γὰρ ἰδίῳ θερίσομεν μὴ ἐκλυόμενοι.
“And let us not grow weary in doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.” This verse is both a warning and an encouragement—a call to perseverance in Christian living. At its core lies a rich interplay between present tense imperatives and future indicative promises, which together form a theology of endurance rooted in grammatical precision.… Learn Koine Greek