Remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ — the triad of Christian virtues (faith, love, hope) now manifest as active, costly works. The work is not merit-earning but fruit-bearing; faith produces labor, love produces endurance, and hope produces perseverance through affliction. These are not abstract qualities but the visible evidence of the gospel's transformative power.

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