Revelation 13:10
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10 “If anyone is to go into captivity,
into captivity they will go.
If anyone is to be killed[a] with the sword,
with the sword they will be killed.”[b](A)
This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness(B) on the part of God’s people.(C)
Footnotes
- Revelation 13:10 Some manuscripts anyone kills
- Revelation 13:10 Jer. 15:2
Jeremiah 15:2
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2 And if they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ tell them, ‘This is what the Lord says:
Revelation 14:12
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12 This calls for patient endurance(A) on the part of the people of God(B) who keep his commands(C) and remain faithful to Jesus.
Revelation 3:10
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Isaiah 33:1
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Distress and Help
Luke 21:19
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19 Stand firm, and you will win life.(A)
Hebrews 6:12
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12 We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate(A) those who through faith and patience(B) inherit what has been promised.(C)
Revelation 2:2
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Matthew 26:52
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52 “Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him, “for all who draw the sword will die by the sword.(A)
James 5:7-8
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Patience in Suffering
7 Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming.(A) See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting(B) for the autumn and spring rains.(C) 8 You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming(D) is near.(E)
James 1:2-4
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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.
Footnotes
- James 1:2 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verses 16 and 19; and in 2:1, 5, 14; 3:10, 12; 4:11; 5:7, 9, 10, 12, 19.
Luke 18:1-8
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The Parable of the Persistent Widow
18 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up.(A) 2 He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. 3 And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice(B) against my adversary.’
4 “For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’”(C)
6 And the Lord(D) said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out(E) to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man(F) comes,(G) will he find faith on the earth?”
Revelation 16:6
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Hebrews 10:36-37
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36 You need to persevere(A) so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.(B) 37 For,
Footnotes
- Hebrews 10:37 Isaiah 26:20; Hab. 2:3
Habakkuk 2:3
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Lamentations 3:26
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Genesis 9:5-6
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5 And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting.(A) I will demand an accounting from every animal.(B) And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.(C)
Revelation 3:3
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Revelation 2:19
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19 I know your deeds,(A) your love and faith, your service and perseverance, and that you are now doing more than you did at first.
Colossians 1:11
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11 being strengthened with all power(A) according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience,(B)
Isaiah 14:2
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Hebrews 12:3-4
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3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary(A) and lose heart.
God Disciplines His Children
4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.(B)
Matthew 7:2
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2 For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.(A)
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