Now Judas and Silas, themselves being prophets also, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with many words.

And he passed through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

After having spent some time there, he went out, going through in order the Galatian region and the Phrygian [region], strengthening all the disciples.

Be strong, you relaxed hands and feeble knees.

who will also confirm you until the end, [that you may be] unimpeachable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

and sent Timothy, our brother and minister of God, and our fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, in order to establish you and encourage you concerning your faith,

For even when we were with you, we were telling you in advance that we were going to be afflicted, just as it also happened, and you know.

But may the God of all grace, the [One] having called you into His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little [while], may He Himself make you complete--He will establish, strengthen, [and] firmly ground [you].

who, arriving and seeing the grace of God, was glad, and encouraged them all with purpose of heart to continue with the Lord,

And when the synagogue service was broken up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking [to them], persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

Then Jesus said to those Jews who had believed Him, "If you abide in My word, truly you are My disciples.

And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free."

Abide in Me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit on its own, unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.

If anyone does not abide in Me, he is cast out like a branch and dries up; and they gather them and throw [them] into the fire, and they are burned.

if indeed you continue in the faith, having been founded and firm and not drifting away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, which was proclaimed to all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister.

Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you about our common salvation, it became necessary to write to you exhorting you to earnestly contend for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,

keep yourselves in the love of God, anticipating the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

Now brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents, and put them to death.

And you will be hated by all [people] for My name's sake. But he who endures to the end shall be saved.

And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.

Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.

Now you are those who have remained with Me in My trials.

And I bestow upon you a kingdom, just as My Father bestowed one upon Me,

Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory?"

He that loves his life shall lose it, and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it for eternal life.

And if anyone serve Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant shall be also. If anyone serve Me, him My Father will honor.

"These things I have spoken to you, so that you should not be made to stumble.

They will excommunicate you; but a time is coming when everyone who kills you will think that he is offering God a service.

These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation; but have courage, I have overcome the world."

And if children, then heirs--heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer together, so that we may also be glorified together.

For even when we were with you, we were telling you in advance that we were going to be afflicted, just as it also happened, and you know.

Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but endure hardship with the gospel according to the power of God,

Faithful is this word: For if we died with [Him], we shall also live with [Him].

If we endure, we shall also reign with [Him]. If we deny [Him], He also will deny us.

Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

Beloved, do not be surprised by the fiery trial among you, taking place to test you, as though some strange thing [was] happening to you;

If you are reviled in the name of Christ, blessed are you, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On the one hand He is blasphemed, but on the other He is glorified.

but if anyone [suffers] as a Christian, let him not be put to shame, but let him glorify God in this matter.

Fear none of those things which you are about to suffer. Behold indeed, the devil is about to cast [some] of you into prison, so that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

And I said to him, "My lord, you know." So he said to me, "These are those who come out of the Great Tribulation, and have washed their robes and they made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than [for] a rich [man] to enter the kingdom of God."

"And if your eye causes you to stumble, cast it out. It would be better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into the fiery hell,

And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus, answering again, says to them, "Children, how difficult it is for those who trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God."

Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless someone is born of water and of Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

For in this way the entrance will be supplied to you richly into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.