Whatever we find to do is to be done with our might, but above all, the service of Christ. Rejoicing in hope. Hopeful, and hence rejoicing in the prospect. Patient in tribulation. Patient in sorrow, suffering and persecution.
Patience implies steadfastness.
Making the needs of fellow saints your own and helping them. Given to hospitality. This duty was especially needful in those early days when Christians were so often driven from their homes by persecution. Bless them that persecute you. Thus did Christ on the cross, and the martyred Stephen.