⁷ For ground that drinks the rain that comes often upon it, and brings forth vegetation usable to those people for whose sake^[a] it is also cultivated, shares a blessing from God. ⁸ But if it^[b] produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to a curse, whose end is for burning.

⁹ But even if we are speaking in this way, dear friends, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and belonging to salvation.