Ephesians 3:13
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13 So please don’t lose heart because of my trials here. I am suffering for you, so you should feel honored.
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2 Thessalonians 3:13
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13 As for the rest of you, dear brothers and sisters, never get tired of doing good.
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Colossians 1:24
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Paul’s Work for the Church
24 I am glad when I suffer for you in my body, for I am participating in the sufferings of Christ that continue for his body, the church.
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2 Corinthians 1:6
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6 Even when we are weighed down with troubles, it is for your comfort and salvation! For when we ourselves are comforted, we will certainly comfort you. Then you can patiently endure the same things we suffer.
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Philippians 1:12-14
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Paul’s Joy That Christ Is Preached
12 And I want you to know, my dear brothers and sisters,[a] that everything that has happened to me here has helped to spread the Good News. 13 For everyone here, including the whole palace guard,[b] knows that I am in chains because of Christ. 14 And because of my imprisonment, most of the believers[c] here have gained confidence and boldly speak God’s message[d] without fear.
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Ephesians 3:1
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God’s Mysterious Plan Revealed
3 When I think of all this, I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus for the benefit of you Gentiles[a] . . .
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- 3:1 Paul resumes this thought in verse 14: “When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father.”
Isaiah 40:30-31
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30 Even youths will become weak and tired,
and young men will fall in exhaustion.
31 But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength.
They will soar high on wings like eagles.
They will run and not grow weary.
They will walk and not faint.
Hebrews 12:3-5
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3 Think of all the hostility he endured from sinful people;[a] then you won’t become weary and give up. 4 After all, you have not yet given your lives in your struggle against sin.
5 And have you forgotten the encouraging words God spoke to you as his children?[b] He said,
“My child,[c] don’t make light of the Lord’s discipline,
and don’t give up when he corrects you.
Galatians 6:9
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9 So let’s not get tired of doing what is good. At just the right time we will reap a harvest of blessing if we don’t give up.
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Acts 14:22
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22 where they strengthened the believers. They encouraged them to continue in the faith, reminding them that we must suffer many hardships to enter the Kingdom of God.
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Zephaniah 3:16
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16 On that day the announcement to Jerusalem will be,
“Cheer up, Zion! Don’t be afraid!
Deuteronomy 20:3
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3 He will say to them, ‘Listen to me, all you men of Israel! Do not be afraid as you go out to fight your enemies today! Do not lose heart or panic or tremble before them.
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1 Thessalonians 3:2-4
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2 and we sent Timothy to visit you. He is our brother and God’s co-worker[a] in proclaiming the Good News of Christ. We sent him to strengthen you, to encourage you in your faith, 3 and to keep you from being shaken by the troubles you were going through. But you know that we are destined for such troubles. 4 Even while we were with you, we warned you that troubles would soon come—and they did, as you well know.
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- 3:2 Other manuscripts read and God’s servant; still others read and a co-worker, or and a servant and co-worker for God, or and God’s servant and our co-worker.
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