You therefore endure hardship as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.

Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my afflictions on your behalf, which is your glory.

I now rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, on behalf of His body, which is the church,

And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be kept safe alive; but for the elect's sake those days will be shortened.

For false christs and false prophets will arise and show great signs and wonders to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.

And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

and not for that nation only, but also that He would gather together into one the children of God who had been scattered abroad.

I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours.

to the weak I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might in any way save some.

Now if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation, being effective in the endurance of the same sufferings which we also suffer. Or if we are encouraged, it is for your comfort and salvation.

For all things are for you, that the grace may excel through the greater numbers, and cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.

I now rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, on behalf of His body, which is the church,

For whoever finds me finds life, and shall obtain favor from Jehovah.

Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You gave Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

although I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and an insolent man; but I received mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

And the grace of our Lord was exceedingly abundant, with faith and love which are in Christ Jesus.

who once were not a people but are now the people of God, who did not have mercy but now have mercy.

eternal life to those who steadfastly doing good, seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility;

and that He might make known the riches of His glory on vessels of mercy, which He had prepared beforehand unto glory,

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is achieving for us a surpassing and eternal weight of glory,

To them God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles: which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

to which He called you through our gospel, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.