10 (A)Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. (B)Be faithful until death, and I will give you (C)the crown of life.

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Loving God Under Trials

12 (A)Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive (B)the crown of life (C)which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

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22 And (A)you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. (B)But he who endures to the end will be saved.

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and when (A)the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive (B)the crown of glory that does not fade away.

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10 Because you have kept [a]My command to persevere, (A)I also will keep you from the hour of trial which shall come upon (B)the whole world, to test those who dwell (C)on the earth. 11 [b]Behold, (D)I am coming quickly! (E)Hold fast what you have, that no one may take (F)your crown.

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  1. Revelation 3:10 Lit. the word of My patience
  2. Revelation 3:11 NU, M omit Behold

“I know your works, tribulation, and poverty (but you are (A)rich); and I know the blasphemy of (B)those who say they are Jews and are not, (C)but are a [a]synagogue of Satan.

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  1. Revelation 2:9 congregation

12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against (A)principalities, against powers, against (B)the rulers of [a]the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

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  1. Ephesians 6:12 NU this darkness,

16 (A)You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers, relatives and friends; and they will put (B)some of you to death. 17 And (C)you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. 18 (D)But not a hair of your head shall be lost. 19 By your patience possess your souls.

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13 (A)And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But (B)he who [a]endures to the end shall be saved.

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  1. Mark 13:13 bears patiently

14 So he consented with them in this matter, and tested them ten days.

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12 “Please test your servants for ten days, and let them give us vegetables to eat and water to drink.

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15 He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak (A)and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed. 16 He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, (B)to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, 17 and that no one may buy or sell except one who has [a]the mark or (C)the name of the beast, (D)or the number of his name.

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  1. Revelation 13:17 NU, M the mark, the name

It was granted to him (A)to make war with the saints and to overcome them. And (B)authority was given him over every [a]tribe, tongue, and nation.

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  1. Revelation 13:7 NU, M add and people

So (A)the great dragon was cast out, (B)that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, (C)who deceives the whole world; (D)he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

10 Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, (E)“Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, (F)who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down. 11 And (G)they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, (H)and they did not love their lives to the death.

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(A)I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me (B)the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous (C)Judge, will give to me (D)on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing.

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25 (A)He who loves his life will lose it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

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35 For (A)whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.

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13 (A)But he who endures to the end shall be saved.

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Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, his feet were like the feet of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. The (A)dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great authority.

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Be [a]sober, be [b]vigilant; [c]because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

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  1. 1 Peter 5:8 self-controlled
  2. 1 Peter 5:8 watchful
  3. 1 Peter 5:8 NU, M omit because

(A)in which you once walked according to the [a]course of this world, according to (B)the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in (C)the sons of disobedience,

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  1. Ephesians 2:2 Gr. aion, aeon

25 And everyone who competes for the prize [a]is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for (A)an imperishable crown.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 9:25 exercises self-control

13 Then Paul answered, (A)“What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

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24 [a]But (A)none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, (B)so that I may finish my [b]race with joy, (C)and the ministry (D)which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

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  1. Acts 20:24 NU But I do not count my life of any value or dear to myself
  2. Acts 20:24 course

27 (A)Now after the piece of bread, Satan entered him. Then Jesus said to him, “What you do, do quickly.”

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