Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,
And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer.
For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,
Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of our Lord overflowed for me with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,
To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.
For it is all for your sake, so that as grace extends to more and more people it may increase thanksgiving, to the glory of God.
To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.
in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory—
to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;
Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.
I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours.
and not for the nation only, but also to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.
And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
For false christs and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect.
And if those days had not been cut short, no human being would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short.
For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord,
To this he called you through our gospel, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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