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34The good workman receives the bread of his labour with boldness; the lazy and careless cannot look his employer in the face. 2Therefore we must be prompt in well-doing: for all things are from him. 3For he warns us: “Behold the Lord cometh, and his reward is before his face, to pay to each according to his work.” 4He exhorts us therefore if we believe on him with our whole heart not to be lazy or careless “in every good work.” 5Let our glorying and confidence be in him; let us be subject to his will; let us consider the whole multitude of his angels, how they stand ready and minister to his will. 6For the Scripture says “Ten thousand times ten thousand stood by him, and thou sand thousands ministered to him, and they cried Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord of Sabaoth, the whole creation is full of his glory.” 7Therefore, we too must gather together with concord in our conscience[20] and cry earnestly to him, as it were with one mouth, that we may share in his great and glorious promises, 8for he says: “Eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and it hath not entered into the heart of man, what things the Lord hath pre pared for them that wait for him.”
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Notes
[20] Others translate "in concord and a good conscience;" but it is not certain that συνεἱδησις can be the synonym of ἀγαθή συνείδησις.