10 If you (A)faint in the day of adversity,
    your strength is small.

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Saying 25

10 If you falter in a time of trouble,
    how small is your strength!(A)

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28 Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The Lord is (A)the everlasting God,
    the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
    (B)his understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the faint,
    and to him who has no might he increases strength.
30 Even youths shall faint and be weary,
    and young men shall fall exhausted;
31 but (C)they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
    they shall mount up with wings (D)like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
    they shall walk and not faint.

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28 Do you not know?
    Have you not heard?(A)
The Lord is the everlasting(B) God,
    the Creator(C) of the ends of the earth.(D)
He will not grow tired or weary,(E)
    and his understanding no one can fathom.(F)
29 He gives strength(G) to the weary(H)
    and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
    and young men(I) stumble and fall;(J)
31 but those who hope(K) in the Lord
    will renew their strength.(L)
They will soar on wings like eagles;(M)
    they will run and not grow weary,
    they will walk and not be faint.(N)

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13 So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering (A)for you, (B)which is your glory.

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

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46 Let not your heart faint, and be not fearful
    (A)at the report heard in the land,
(B)when a report comes in one year
    and afterward a report in another year,
and violence is in the land,
    (C)and ruler is against ruler.

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46 Do not lose heart(A) or be afraid(B)
    when rumors(C) are heard in the land;
one rumor comes this year, another the next,
    rumors of violence in the land
    and of ruler against ruler.

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Do Not Grow Weary

(A)Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or (B)fainthearted. In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?

(C)“My son, (D)do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
    nor be weary when reproved by him.

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Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary(A) and lose heart.

God Disciplines His Children

In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.(B) And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says,

“My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline,
    and do not lose heart(C) when he rebukes you,

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David Flees to the Philistines

27 Then David said in his heart, “Now I shall perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of seeking me any longer within the borders of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.”

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David Among the Philistines

27 But David thought to himself, “One of these days I will be destroyed by the hand of Saul. The best thing I can do is to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will give up searching for me anywhere in Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”

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The Light of the Gospel

Therefore, having (A)this ministry (B)by the mercy of God,[a] we do not lose heart.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 4:1 Greek having this ministry as we have received mercy

Present Weakness and Resurrection Life

Therefore, since through God’s mercy(A) we have this ministry, we do not lose heart.(B)

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But now it has come to you, and you are impatient;
    it touches you, and you are dismayed.

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But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged;(A)
    it strikes(B) you, and you are dismayed.(C)

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I know you are enduring patiently and bearing up (A)for my name's sake, and you (B)have not grown weary.

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You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name,(A) and have not grown weary.

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13 “‘I know where you dwell, (A)where Satan's throne is. Yet you hold fast my name, and you did not (B)deny my faith[a] even in the days of Antipas (C)my faithful witness, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 2:13 Or your faith in me

13 I know where you live—where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me,(A) not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness,(B) who was put to death in your city—where Satan lives.(C)

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(For his disciples had gone away into the city to buy food.)

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(His disciples had gone into the town(A) to buy food.)

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