Isaiah 35:3-4
3 aStrengthen the weak hands,and make firm the feeble knees.
4Say to those who have an anxious heart,
“Be strong; fear not!
bBehold, your God
will come with vengeance,
with the recompense of God.
He will come and save you.”
1 Thessalonians 3:3
3that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that cwe are destined for this.2 Timothy 1:8
8Therefore ddo not be ashamed of ethe testimony about our Lord, nor of fme his prisoner, but gshare in suffering for the gospel by the power of God,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 2:3
3 nShare in suffering as oa good soldier of Christ Jesus.2 Timothy 2:9-13
9 pfor which I am suffering, qbound with chains as a criminal. But rthe word of God is not bound! 10Therefore sI endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain tthe salvation that is in Christ Jesus with ueternal glory. 11The saying is vtrustworthy, for:wIf we have died with him, we will also xlive with him;
12 yif we endure, we will also reign with him;
zif we deny him, he also will deny us;
13 aaif we are faithless, abhe remains faithful—
for ache cannot deny himself.
Hebrews 10:24
24And adlet us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,James 1:2
Testing of Your Faith
2 aeCount it all joy, my brothers, ▼▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church; also verses 16, 19
when you meet trials agof various kinds,
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