⁴ so that we ourselves ^(A)boast about you among ^(B)the churches of God for your ^[a]perseverance and faith ^(C)in the midst of all your persecutions and afflictions which you endure.

³ knowing that ^(A)the testing of your ^(B)faith brings about ^(C)perseverance.

^10 (A)If anyone ^[a]is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; ^(B)if anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is ^(C)the perseverance and the faith of the saints.