II Timothy 2:3
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Join me in suffering, like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
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Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
Remember the early days that you were in the light. In those days, you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering.
For this reason I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which accomplishes in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we experience.
Timothy, my child, I entrust you with this command in keeping with the previous prophecies about you, so that by them you may fight the good fight,
my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.
And so Abraham, after waiting patiently, obtained the promise.
It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.