2 Corinthians 4:1

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,

Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

They will say of me, ‘There is righteousness and strength only in Yahweh.’ ” Even to him will men come. All those who raged against him will be disappointed.

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

who satisfies your desire with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

Be patient therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient over it, until it receives the early and late rain.

For it is better, if it is God’s will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil.

I am the vine. You are the branches. He who remains in me and I in him bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

Therefore let’s also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let’s run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

For this is the will of God, that by well-doing you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish men:

In nothing be anxious, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God.

They go from strength to strength. Every one of them appears before God in Zion.

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

‘You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings, and brought you to myself.

Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.

Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

But if we hope for that which we don’t see, we wait for it with patience.

Continue steadfastly in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving,

Therefore let them also who suffer according to the will of God in doing good entrust their souls to him, as to a faithful Creator.

then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.

Yet the righteous will hold to his way. He who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is Yahweh! We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”

I will strengthen them in Yahweh; and they will walk up and down in his name,” says Yahweh.

You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of my God.

but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Pray without ceasing.

For God didn’t give us a spirit of fear, but of power, love, and self-control.

He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.

Yes, no one who waits for you will be shamed. They will be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.

Yahweh will give strength to his people. Yahweh will bless his people with peace.

I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life;

rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

that I will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil.

Samson called to Yahweh, and said, “Lord Yahweh, remember me, please, and strengthen me, please, only this once, God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.”

Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us.

Guide me in your truth, and teach me, For you are the God of my salvation, I wait for you all day long.

Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for you.

I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry.

You say also, ‘Behold, what a weariness it is!’ and you have sniffed at it”, says Yahweh of Armies; “and you have brought that which was taken by violence, the lame, and the sick; thus you bring the offering. Should I accept this at your hand?” says Yahweh.

He gives power to the weak. He increases the strength of him who has no might.

I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.

“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.

Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, 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.”

“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

The saying is faithful and worthy of all acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

Those who sow in tears will reap in joy.

If it happens, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

But you, brothers, don’t be weary in doing what is right.

But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.

If you falter in the time of trouble, your strength is small.

He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,

Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment from the Lord, but I give my judgment as one who has obtained mercy from the Lord to be trustworthy.

who also made us sufficient as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.

Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.

You have perseverance and have endured for my name’s sake, and have not grown weary.

I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of Yahweh in the land of the living.

My son, don’t despise Yahweh’s discipline, neither be weary of his correction;

Even the youths faint and get weary, and the young men utterly fall;

‘You said, “Woe is me now! For Yahweh has added sorrow to my pain! I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.” ’

For he was counted with us, and received his portion in this ministry.

Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.

Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,

But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation;

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

I thank him who enabled me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he counted me faithful, appointing me to service;

although I used to be a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.

For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don’t grow weary, fainting in your souls.

In the past, you were not a people, but now are God’s people, who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

But now it has come to you, and you faint. It touches you, and you are troubled.

“Say to your brothers, ‘My people!’ and to your sisters, ‘My loved one!’

In that day, it will be said to Jerusalem, “Don’t be afraid, Zion. Don’t let your hands be weak.”

When they had come, they asked him, “Teacher, we know that you are honest, and don’t defer to anyone; for you aren’t partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?

He is ‘the stone which was regarded as worthless by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner.’

But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you;

For as you in time past were disobedient to God, but now have obtained mercy by their disobedience,

I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.

For if that which passes away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.

But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves.

of which I was made a servant according to the gift of that grace of God which was given me according to the working of his power.

for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ,

if it is so that you continue in the faith, grounded and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the Good News which you heard, which is being proclaimed in all creation under heaven, of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first, Jesus Christ might display all his patience for an example of those who were going to believe in him for eternal life.

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.