¹⁸ So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.

Trials and Temptations

² Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,^[a] whenever you face trials of many kinds,^{(A) 3} because you know that the testing of your faith^(B) produces perseverance.^{(C) 4} Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature^(D) and complete, not lacking anything.

Final Exhortations

⁴ Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!^(A)

No Confidence in the Flesh

3 Further, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write the same things to you again,^(A) and it is a safeguard for you.

¹³ I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory.