Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of {our} faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. {author: or, beginner}

Blessed {is} the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.

But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. {make...; or, fulfil}

Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

And whether we be afflicted, {it is} for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, {it is} for your consolation and salvation. {is effectual: or, is wrought}

This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare;

Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of {them} all the Lord delivered me.

And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise.

By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.

Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

(For the weapons of our warfare {are} not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) {through God: or, to God}

But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. {make...; or, fulfil}

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God.

Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;

Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants.

Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?

And to {our} beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house:

And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will shew who {are} his, and {who is} holy; and will cause {him} to come near unto him: even {him} whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him.

Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof;

They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, {every one} with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other {hand} held a weapon.

Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, {and} went up from Gilgal all night.

I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

This {is it} that {belongeth} unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: {to...: Heb. to war the warfare of, etc}

And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? {as} thou livest, and {as} thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they {were} mighty men of valour.

So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me.

Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly {is} great, but the labourers {are} few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought {him} by night to Antipatris.

From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. {to perform...: Heb. to war the warfare}