Ephesians 3:13
13So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering afor you, bwhich is your glory.1 Thessalonians 2:2
2But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated cat Philippi, as you know, dwe had boldness in our God eto declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much fconflict.1 Thessalonians 3:3
3that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that gwe are destined for this.2 Timothy 1:12
12 hwhich is why I suffer as I do. But iI am not ashamed, for jI know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until kthat day lwhat has been entrusted to me. ▼▼Or what I have entrusted to him; Greek my deposit
2 Timothy 3:11
11my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me nat Antioch, oat Iconium, and pat Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet qfrom them all rthe Lord rescued me.2 Timothy 4:17
17But sthe Lord stood by me and tstrengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and uall the Gentiles might hear it. So vI was rescued wfrom the lion’s mouth.Hebrews 10:34
34For xyou had compassion on those in prison, and yyou joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had za better possession and an abiding one.Hebrews 12:1-3
Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith
1Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and aasin which clings so closely, and ablet us run acwith endurance the race that is adset before us, 2looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, aewho for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising afthe shame, and agis seated at the right hand of the throne of God.Do Not Grow Weary
3 ahConsider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or aifainthearted.
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