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10 If you fail under pressure,
    your strength is too 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 never heard?
    Have you never understood?
The Lord is the everlasting God,
    the Creator of all the earth.
He never grows weak or weary.
    No one can measure the depths of his understanding.
29 He gives power to the weak
    and strength to the powerless.
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.

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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 please don’t lose heart because of my trials here. I am suffering for you, so you should feel honored.

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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 But do not panic; don’t be afraid
    when you hear the first rumor of approaching forces.
    For rumors will keep coming year by year.
Violence will erupt in the land
    as the leaders fight against each other.

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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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Think of all the hostility he endured from sinful people;[a] then you won’t become weary and give up. After all, you have not yet given your lives in your struggle against sin.

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.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:3 Some manuscripts read Think of how people hurt themselves by opposing him.
  2. 12:5a Greek sons; also in 12:7, 8.
  3. 12:5b Greek son; also in 12:6, 7.

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 among the Philistines

27 But David kept thinking to himself, “Someday Saul is going to get me. The best thing I can do is escape to the Philistines. Then Saul will stop hunting for me in Israelite territory, and I will finally be safe.”

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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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Treasure in Fragile Clay Jars

Therefore, since God in his mercy has given us this new way,[a] we never give up.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:1 Or ministry.

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 when trouble strikes, you lose heart.
    You are terrified when it touches you.

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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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You have patiently suffered for me without quitting.

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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 that you live in the city where Satan has his throne, yet you have remained loyal to me. You refused to deny me even when Antipas, my faithful witness, was martyred among you there in Satan’s city.

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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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He was alone at the time because his disciples had gone into the village to buy some food.

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

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