¹² Therefore ^(A)lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees,

¹⁴ And we urge you, brothers, admonish ^(A)the idle,^{[a] (B)}encourage the fainthearted, ^(C)help the weak, ^(D)be patient with them all.

⁶ But ^(A)God, who comforts the downcast, ^(B)comforted us by the coming of Titus,

⁷ so ^(A)you should rather turn to forgive and comfort him, or he may be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

^6 (A)Then the king's color changed, ^(B)and his thoughts alarmed him; ^(C)his limbs gave way, and ^(D)his knees knocked together.