James 1:3

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

Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to save many people alive, as is happening today.

Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,

But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”

Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

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.

God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.

I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.

and said, “I beg you, Yahweh, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments:

I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’ ”

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through his grace

Now all these things happened to them by way of example, and they were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come.

“So be careful, or your hearts will be loaded down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day will come on you suddenly.

according to the eternal purpose which he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.

We love him, because he first loved us.

holding up the word of life, that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn’t run in vain nor labor in vain.

You shall love Yahweh your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.

who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers didn’t know, that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end;

But he answered, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of God’s mouth.’ ”

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

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

“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.

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

For God didn’t appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.

you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ This is the first commandment.

that you put away, as concerning your former way of life, the old man that grows corrupt after the lusts of deceit,

For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

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

But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I will come out like gold.

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

The children also of his servants shall inherit it. Those who love his name shall dwell therein.

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.

For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

Search me, God, and know my heart. Try me, and know my thoughts.

Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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,

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

However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”

that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

Don’t you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win.

For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.

We were also assigned an inheritance in him, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who does all things after the counsel of his will,

Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.

Those in the good ground, these are those who with an honest and good heart, having heard the word, hold it tightly, and produce fruit with perseverance.

For being not yet born, neither having done anything good or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him who calls,

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory,

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.

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

seeing that his divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and virtue,

You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.

that by them I may test Israel, to see if they will keep Yahweh’s way to walk therein, as their fathers kept it, or not.”

However concerning the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.

This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.

Let your Kingdom come. Let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

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

As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God. As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

each man’s work will be revealed. For the Day will declare it, because it is revealed in fire; and the fire itself will test what sort of work each man’s work is.

Be imitators of me, even as I also am of Christ.

For you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews

Remember your leaders, men who spoke to you the word of God, and considering the results of their conduct, imitate their faith.

and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control perseverance; and in perseverance godliness;

Then he cried to Yahweh. Yahweh showed him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there he tested them.

Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.

This persuasion is not from him who calls you.

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

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love, and into the perseverance of Christ.

“By your endurance you will win your lives.

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

For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that through perseverance and through encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.

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,

so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.

that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherited the promises.