he kept going (from "of first importance")

“It had gone on for three years. Three years of patiently teaching and doing good, with only misunderstanding and hostility in return. He was tempted to say, ‘I quit — I don’t need this.’ But instead he said, ‘Not my will but yours be done.’ A few hours later he hung on a cross, nails cutting into his limbs, lungs struggling for air, crowds spitting venom. He was tempted to say, ‘I quit. I’m coming down.’ But instead he said, ‘Father, forgive them.’ He kept going until he could cry, ‘It is finished.’”

- Tim Chester, You Can Change