What he had laid down in general, he amplifies more particularly.
Patient continuance; or perseverance in well doing, which implies patience: see Mat_10:22 24:13 Heb_10:36.
Immortality; or incorruption: he adds this to show, that the
glory and honour he speaks of was not such as the Gentiles usually sought, who made worldly glory the scope of their actions; but it was eternal in the heavens, and such as never fades away.
Eternal life; i.e. God will render eternal life to such: the word render must be supplied out of the former verse.