As a result, we ourselves (A)speak proudly of you among (B)the churches of God for your [a]perseverance and faith [b](C)in the midst of all your persecutions and afflictions which you endure.

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  1. 2 Thessalonians 1:4 Or steadfastness
  2. 2 Thessalonians 1:4 Or during all

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

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So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:

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knowing that (A)the testing of your (B)faith produces [a](C)endurance.

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  1. James 1:3 Or steadfastness

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

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Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

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10 (A)If anyone [a]is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; (B)if anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is (C)the [b]perseverance and the faith of the [c]saints.

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  1. Revelation 13:10 Or leads into captivity
  2. Revelation 13:10 Or steadfastness
  3. Revelation 13:10 See note v 7

10 “If anyone is to go into captivity,
    into captivity they will go.
If anyone is to be killed[a] with the sword,
    with the sword they will be killed.”[b](A)

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

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  1. Revelation 13:10 Some manuscripts anyone kills
  2. Revelation 13:10 Jer. 15:2

10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

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