¹² And he said, “If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me, but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, then I will help you.

²⁰ In the place where you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. ^(A)Our God will fight for us.”

²⁷ Only ^(A)let your manner of life be ^(B)worthy^[a] of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you ^(C)that you are standing firm in one spirit, with ^(D)one mind ^(E)striving side by side for the faith of the gospel, ²⁸ and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is ^(F)a clear sign to them of their destruction, but ^(G)of your salvation, and that from God.

^2 (A)Bear one another's burdens, and ^(B)so fulfill ^(C)the law of Christ.

⁹ Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. ¹⁰ For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! ¹¹ Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, ^(A)but how can one keep warm alone? ¹² And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.