2Cor 12:9-10, 1Th 3:3-4, 2Th 2:2, Heb 12:12-13 | ESV | STEP | But he said to me , My grace is sufficient for you , for my power is made perfect in weakness . Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses , so that the power of Christ may rest upon me .

2 Corinthians 12:9-10

9 But he said to me, ^a“My grace is sufficient for you, for ^bmy power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that ^cthe power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 ^dFor the sake of Christ, then, ^eI am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For ^fwhen I am weak, then I am strong.

1 Thessalonians 3:3-4

3 that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that ^gwe are destined for this. 4 For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, ^hjust as it has come to pass, and just as you know.

2 Thessalonians 2:2

2 not to be quickly shaken in mind or ⁱalarmed, either ^jby a spirit or a ^kspoken word, or ^la letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that ^mthe day of the Lord has come.

Hebrews 12:12-13

12 Therefore ⁿlift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, 13 and ^omake straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint ^pbut rather be healed.