Hos 2:14, Mar 10:29-30, Act 17:5, 2Cor 8:1-2, 1Th 2:13-14, 3:2-4, 2Th 1:4 | ESV | STEP | Therefore , behold , I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness , and speak tenderly to her.

Hosea 2:14

The Lord’s Mercy on Israel

14 “Therefore, behold, I will allure her,
and ^abring her into the wilderness,
and ^bspeak tenderly to her.

Mark 10:29-30

29 Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, ^cthere is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and ^dfor the gospel, 30 who will not receive a hundredfold ^enow in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, ^fwith persecutions, and in ^gthe age to come eternal life.

Acts 17:5

5 ^hBut the Jews ^{▼▼Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verse 13} ^jwere jealous, and taking ^ksome wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd.

2 Corinthians 8:1-2

Encouragement to Give Generously

1 We want you to know, brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters} about the grace of God that has been ^mgiven among the churches of Macedonia, 2 for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and ⁿtheir extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.

1 Thessalonians 2:13-14

13 And ^owe also thank God constantly ^{▼▼Or without ceasing} for this, that when you received ^qthe word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it ^rnot as the word of men ^{▼▼The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women} but as what it really is, the word of God, ^twhich is at work in you believers. 14 For you, brothers, ^ubecame imitators of ^vthe churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For ^wyou suffered the same things from your own countrymen ^xas they did from the Jews, ^{▼▼The Greek word Ioudaioi can refer to Jewish religious leaders and others under their influence, who opposed the Christian faith in that time}

1 Thessalonians 3:2-4

2 and we ^zsent Timothy, ^aaour brother and God’s coworker ^{▼▼Some manuscripts servant} in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith, 3 that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that ^acwe are destined for this. 4 For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, ^adjust as it has come to pass, and just as you know.

2 Thessalonians 1:4

4 Therefore ^aewe ourselves boast about you ^afin the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith ^agin all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring.