²¹ yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution occurs because of the ^[a]word, immediately he ^[b](A)falls away.

⁹ “^(A)Then they will hand you over to tribulation and kill you, and ^(B)you will be hated by all nations because of My name.

³³ These things I have spoken to you so that ^(A)in Me you may have peace. ^(B)In the world you have tribulation, but ^(C)take courage; ^(D)I have overcome the world.”

³⁵ Who will separate us from ^(A)the love of ^[a]Christ? Will ^(B)tribulation, or trouble, or ^(C)persecution, or ^(D)famine, or ^(E)nakedness, or ^(F)danger, or sword?

^12 (A)rejoicing in hope, ^(B)persevering in tribulation, ^(C)devoted to prayer,

¹⁰ Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, so that you will be ^(A)tested, and you will have tribulation ^(B)for ten days. ^[a]Be ^(C)faithful until death, and I will give you ^(D)the crown of life.

^22 (A)Blessed are you when the people hate you, and when they ^[a](B)exclude you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man.

⁴ For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I ^(A)wrote to you with many tears; not so that you would be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have especially for you.

¹⁵ But the Lord said to him, “Go, for ^(A)he is a chosen ^[a]instrument of Mine, to bear My name before ^(B)the Gentiles and ^(C)kings and the sons of Israel; ¹⁶ for ^(D)I will show him how much he must suffer in behalf of My name.”