Act 21:13, Rom 8:35-39, 1Cor 15:58, 2Cor 4:1, 8-9, 16-18, 6:4-10, 7:4, 12:10 | ESV | STEP | Then Paul answered , What are you doing , weeping and breaking my heart ? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus .

13 Then Paul answered, ^a“What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For ^bI am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem ^cfor the name of the Lord Jesus.”

Romans 8:35-39

35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written,

^d“For your sake ^ewe are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
37 No, in all these things we are more than ^fconquerors through ^ghim who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Corinthians 15:58

58 ^hTherefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in ⁱthe work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord ^jyour labor is not in vain.

2 Corinthians 4:1

The Light of the Gospel

1 Therefore, having ^kthis ministry ^lby the mercy of God, ^{▼▼Greek as we have received mercy} we do not lose heart.

2 Corinthians 4:8-9

8 We are ⁿafflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 persecuted, but ^onot forsaken; ^pstruck down, but not destroyed;

2 Corinthians 4:16-18

16 So we do not lose heart. ^qThough our outer self ^{▼▼Greek man} is wasting away, ^sour inner self ^tis being renewed day by day. 17 For ^uthis light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 ^vas we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

2 Corinthians 6:4-10

4 but ^was servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: ^xby great endurance, ^yin afflictions, ^zhardships, calamities, 5 ^aabeatings, imprisonments, ^abriots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; 6 ^acby purity, ^adknowledge, patience, kindness, ^aethe Holy Spirit, ^afgenuine love; 7 by ^agtruthful speech, and ^ahthe power of God; with ^aithe weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; 8 through honor and dishonor, ^ajthrough slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; 9 as unknown, and ^akyet well known; ^alas dying, and behold, we live; ^amas punished, and yet not killed; 10 ^anas sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; ^aoas poor, yet making many rich; ^apas having nothing, ^aqyet possessing everything.

2 Corinthians 7:4

4 I am acting with ^argreat boldness toward you; ^asI have great pride in you; ^atI am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy.

2 Corinthians 12:10

10 ^auFor the sake of Christ, then, ^avI am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For ^awwhen I am weak, then I am strong.