⁴ Therefore, among God’s churches we boast^(A) about your perseverance and faith^(B) in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.^(C)

³ because you know that the testing of your faith^(A) produces perseverance.^(B)

This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness^(B) on the part of God’s people.^(C)

¹² This calls for patient endurance^(A) on the part of the people of God^(B) who keep his commands^(C) and remain faithful to Jesus.