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24 SCRIPTURE SECTIONS on the theme of Perseverance

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136 SCRIPTURES on the theme of Perseverance

Luke 11:10 For, 😇, everyone who [persistently] asks receives. And whoever [keeps on] seeking finds. Doors open for everyone who [keeps on] knocking.
note: Very encouraging. But you may have to knock on the same 150 doors 150 times. Then the door that finally opens will lead to a bigger life than you could ever have possibly imagined.
Luke 6:21 [YAH] blesses you [people] who now hunger, 😇. [Soon YAH] fills you. [YAH] blesses you who now weep. [Soon] you laugh.
Hebrews 12:1 So, 😇, seeing we too live surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let's throw off every weight, and [cast off] the mistake[s] that so easily entangle us. Let's run with perseverance the race [YAH] marked out before us.
note: Masturbation and coffee-drinking, for instance, are not explicitly forbidden by the Bible. Yet they qualify as weights and entanglements that prevent us from running life's race as we should.
Apocalypsis (Revelation) 2:7 Do you have ears, 😇? Then listen to what [YAH's] Spirit says to the ekklesiae: To whoever overcomes [life's trials], I give [the right] to eat from the Tree of Life in the midst of the paradise of [YHVH] the Eloah.
note: Learn to deal with life's trials now, because you'll have to deal with problems and love your enemies in the AFTERLIFE.
Psalms 126:5 😇, everyone who plants in tears eventually reaps in joy.
Matthew 10:22 And you, 😇, come to be hated by all men because of [your ‘stubborn’ allegiance to] My Name [& Authority]. But [YAH] saves every one [of my obedient disciples] who endures TO THE END.
note: You don't get saved by saying 1 prayer. You get saved by enduring to the END. Everyone is busy pledging allegiance to their nation which hates YHVH, while you stay busy giving your all for YHVH, whom they hate. What do you expect? Roses and a red carpet?
Luke 18:5 —[simply] because this widow keeps bothering me, I'll sell her the legal revenge [she craves]. Then she'll stop coming [to my courtroom]. [She's] wearing me out.’”
Luke 21:13 [😇, you end up on the witness stand. Judges call you to] testify. [All this persecution eventually] turns into your opportunity to herald [the Good News].
note: All of the persecution you experience morphs into an epic life-story for you. Enjoy it all!
Acts 14:22 The apostles strengthen the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith. They repeat, “We must [pass] through much tribulation [to] enter the Kingdom of [YHVH] the Eloah, 😇.”
note: Hey pew-sitters, you won't get into the Kingdom Of Heaven by living a nice comfortable suburban life!
2nd Corinthians 4:8 😇, we [believers] live hard-pressed on every side. Yet [we're] not distressed. We're perplexed [at the world's rejection of us]. But [we're] not in despair.
note: The powerful song: On Wings Like Eagles, quotes this verse.
Philippians 3:14 YAH marks out the goal line, 😇. I push toward it. [I] reach for the prize, the high calling of YHVH, [to reign eternally in union with] YahShua the Messiah.
note: Union with Yahshua the Messiah is both the goal and the only means we have of running the race of faith.
1st Timothy 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith, 😇! Lay hold on eternal life, to which you are called, as you have openly testified before many witnesses.
Apocalypsis (Revelation) 21:7 Whoever overcomes [suffering and temptation] eventually inherits everything, 😇. I become his Elohim, and he becomes my [indestructible] son.
note: Saints are sons of YAH, and brothers of Yahshua. So this is clearly YAH, not Jesus, talking.
Luke 5:19 The crowd packs in so tight that the men can't find a way bring the cripple to YahShua. So, 😇, the men climb up on the roof. They remove some roof tiles. They [tie ropes onto the stretcher]. They lower down the cripple in the middle of everyone, right in front of YahShua!
Luke 11:8 I tell you, 😇, friendship won't motivate your sleeping friend to get up to give you the bread. But eventually, if you keep on boldly [knocking and asking], your friend will get his [tired buns out of bed to shut you up]. He'll give you as much [bread] as you need.
Luke 18:39 Up ahead of YahShua, the crowd scolds the sightless [sufferer]. [They] yell “Shut up!” Yet the blind man cries even louder, “You! Son of David {Love}! Have mercy on me!”
Romans 8:18 For I conclude that the sufferings of this fleeting season are not worthy to be compared with the glory [YAH] will [soon] unveil in us [saints], 😇.
1st Corinthians 9:24 😇, don’t you know that in a race all the runners compete, but only one wins the prize? So then, run to win, 😇!
note: This section inspires Christian athletes.
1st Corinthians 9:26 So I run, 😇, but not aimlessly. I fight, [but] not like a fighter beating the air.
Philippians 3:13 Brothers, I don't fantasize that I've already reached [YAH's] goal [for my life]. Here is the one thing I do: I forget what's behind me, 😇. I push hard toward what's ahead of me.
note: I've got a long way to go, but I'm running in the right direction. Direction, not progress, is what saves you. A respected pastor might drift down to the fires of annihilation while a repentant rapist-murderer rises up to eternal life.
2nd Timothy 2:3 😇, endure hardship with us [apostles]. [Persevere] as a good ‘soldier’ of YahShua the Messiah.
2nd Timothy 4:7 I've fought a good fight. I've finished my race, I've kept the faith. [You do the same, 😇.]
Hebrews 6:15 Abraham {Father-Of-Billions} stuck it out. [So he] got everything YAH promised him, 😇.
Hebrews 12:3 Like us, YahShua put up with attacks from sinners. So think about him, 😇. Then you won't get tired. You won't lose hope.
Apocalypsis (Revelation) 2:3 You are persevering, 😇. You have patience. You've labored to advance my Name-Authority. You haven't fainted.
Haggai (Dancer) 2:4 Be strong, Zerubbabel,’ says YHVH. ‘Be strong, High Priest JAHshua (son of YAHuzadek). Be strong, all you people of the land,’ says YHVH. ‘Work! I [always] stick with you [repenters],’ says YHVH-commander-of-armies.
Luke 22:32 But I've prayed [to YAH] for you. So your faith will never [terminally] fail. Later, when you turn [back from disowning me,] strengthen your brothers.”
Luke 22:37 For I warn you: I'm about to fulfill [Isaiah's ancient prophetic] scripture: ‘[The government] books [YAH's Messiah] as a criminal.’ Everything about me points to a GOAL.”
note: Does everything about you point to a GOAL? What goal? Getting more personal stuff? More ‘bling’ as evidence against you on judgment day? Never use a national I.D. number. Never be numbered among the transgressors. Isaiah 53:12
2nd Corinthians 4:9 [We're] persecuted. But [YAH] never forsakes us. [We're] hurled down [by men], 😇. But [YAH] won't let [anyone] destroy [us].
2nd Corinthians 4:18 So, 😇, we fix our ‘eyes’ not on [the torturers] we see, but on [YAH, whom humans] can't see. For everything [we] see is temporary. But what [our meat-eyes] can't see lasts forever.
2nd Thessalonians 1:4 We [apostles] love to tell YHVH's other Ekklesiae about how you, 😇, persevere through all the persecutions and hardships you suffer with glorious patience and faithfulness.
2nd Thessalonians 3:13 And you, brothers, never tire of doing what's right.
note: Don’t slack off, even when other people discourage you from doing right. Yah watches you. He helps you. He eventually rewards you.
Hebrews 10:32 😇, remember those earlier days after you received the light, when you stood your ground in a great fight in the face of suffering.
Hebrews 10:36 Patient endurance is what you need now, 😇, so you'll continue to do the will of [YHVH] the Eloah. Then you'll receive everything He ever promised [his people].
James 1:2 My brothers, consider it pure joy when you fall into various challenges.
Apocalypsis (Revelation) 2:11 Do you have ears, 😇? Then hear what [YAH's] Spirit says to [his] out-called [people]. Whoever overcomes [life's trials] evades the injury of the second death, 😇.
Judges 8:4 So Gideon {Chopper} [rides his horse back] to [the] Jordan [river]. He [floats] over [east] with [his] 300 [bone-tired] men with him. Yet still [they] chase the [fleeing pagans].
MicaYah 7:8 [My] enemies gloat over me, 😇. [So] I fall. [But eventually] I rise. YHVH illuminates the haunting darkness I endure.
note: 216 'owr ore from 215; illumination, luminary, light(ning), happiness, bright, clear, day, morning, sun.
Luke 11:5 [Later] YahShua [gives this prayer & perseverance tip] to his disciples: ‘Imagine, 😇, you go knocking on your friend's door at midnight [on a work-day]. You yell, ‘Friend, lend me 3 loaves of bread.
Luke 18:4 For a while, this [hard-hearted] judge refuses to help the widow, 😇. But later, [annoyed by the widow's constant screeching for equity,] the judge says to himself, ‘Though I neither fear [YHVH] the Eloah, nor care about mankind…
Acts 20:24 But none of these [dangers] move me, 😇. Nor do I count my life dear to myself. [My only motivation is] to finish my race with joy, to fulfill the duty I received from Master YahShua, to testify [to] the Amazing Revelation of [YHVH] the Eloah's gracious [love].
1st Corinthians 15:2 [Believe] the Good-News. [It'll] save you, IF you KEEP hugging tight [to the truths] I've heralded to you. But, 😇, if you don’t [hold firmly to the gospel,] your faith will have been in vain.
note: Use it or lose it. If you lose your ‘saving faith,’ you weren't saved in the first place.
Philippians 1:6 😇, I have total confidence that YAH, who started His great work in you, will keep on [working on you] until the day YahShua the Messiah [visibly returns to raise you as a new perfected being].
2nd Timothy 1:8 So, 😇, don't you [ever] be ashamed of [bearing] testimony for [YHVH] our Adonai. And never be ashamed of me, a jailbird who belongs to [the] Adonai. Instead, suffer hardship with me to [spread] the gospel [across the earth]. Suffer deep and long until the power of Elohim gets you through [the pain].
note: When you became a Christian you signed up for unfathomable suffering. Did your preacher tell you that?
2nd Timothy 2:12 IF we suffer, 😇, we'll also reign with YahShua. If we deny YahShua, YahShua will deny us.
note: If you don't suffer for your faith, don't expect to go to heaven.
Hebrews 11:27 By faith Moses forsakes Egypt. He braves the wrath of its Emperor. Moses endures [torture in the desert], because [through the eyes of faith,] Moses sees [that he's being protected by YAH, the] invisible [king of all kings].
Hebrews 11:39 All these believers receive [YAH's] approval because of their faith, 😇. Yet all of [us] leave this life still waiting to receive everything [YAH] promises [us].
Hebrews 12:4 😇, in your struggle against sin you haven't yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood [dying].
note: This might also allude to sweating blood or being injured.
1st Peter 4:13 Rather, rejoice the more you share the Messiah's sufferings, 😇! [Joyfully endure beatings, rejection, bleeding wounds, broken bones. YAH] soon comes to reveal YahShua's glory [to the world]. Finally you'll overflow with delighted joy!
1st Peter 5:9 😇, resist the devil. Stand strong in the faith. Remember that your brothers all over the world are passing the same [torturous test of] suffering you're taking.
note: Resist The Devil Song.
1st John 2:28 So now, little children, [let's] live [spiritually united with] YahShua, so that when he [visibly] re-appears, we'll have confidence, instead of shrinking back from his [terrifying] presence.
note: Or, ‘live spiritually united with YHVH, so that when YHVH appears...’
Apocalypsis (Revelation) 2:17 Everyone who has ear[s], hear what [YAH's] Spirit says to the Ekklesiae: “To whoever overcomes [life's temptations], I give [some] of the hidden manna to eat. And I give to the over-comer a white [Victory] stone. On that stone [YAH] writes a new name, which no man knows except the over-comer who receives it, 😇.
note: See Acts 26:10.
Apocalypsis (Revelation) 3:5 [YAH] eventually dresses every overcomer in ‘white clothing’, 😇. I never blot out any [overcomer's] name from the Book of Life. Rather, I recommend [the overcomer's] name before [YHVH] my Father, and before YHVH's angels.
Apocalypsis (Revelation) 3:12 I eventually make everyone who overcomes [into] a pillar in the [living] temple of [YHVH] my Eloah. No [one] can ever [cast] out the over-comer. I write upon the [over-comer] the Name of my Eloah [YHVH], and the name of the city of [YHVH] my Eloah, which is ‘New Jerusalem,’ which comes down out of heaven from [YHVH] my Eloah. And 😇, I write upon the over-comer my new Name.
note: Clearly, Yahshua is here making sure you understand this: Jesus is NOT YHVH! YHVH is totally in charge of, and above, the Messiah. YAH does not want you to be confused by incomprehensible Athanasian theories.
Apocalypsis (Revelation) 3:21 To everyone who overcomes [temptation], I grant [the right] to sit with me on my throne, 😇. Just as I overcame, and sat down with my Father [YHVH] on his throne.
1st Samuel 17:31 A [captain] overhears David's [courageous] speech. So [the captain runs and] informs [king] Saul. So Saul sends for David.
Job 12:7 Ask the animals. They'll teach you. Ask a sky-flying [bird or angel]. He'll tell you: [Life's not fair!]
Matthew 15:25 But the [possessed girl's Mom] comes. She falls at YahShua's feet. She begs, “Adoni, help me!”
Mark 14:33 YahShua takes with him Peter {Rock}, James {Heel-Grabber} & JAHn. Great distress and anguish flood over YahShua.
Luke 22:28 You are the ones who stuck with me throughout my [previous] trials, 😇.
2nd Corinthians 4:16 So we [believers] never give up, 😇. Our physical bodies waste away. Yet [YAH] renews our inner selves every day.
Hebrews 3:14 For we [believers] share everything [the] Messiah is and has, IF we hold strong in the faith from beginning to end, 😇.
note: Not if we say one salvation prayer then go on living like our neighbors.
Jude 1:3 Beloved 😇, I continue to give diligence to write to you about the salvation we [believers] share. Right now it's necessary for me to write to you to focus on calling you to earnestly struggle [to live and promote] the [obedient] faith [YahShua] once [and for all] delivered to [YAH's] holy ones.
note: ‘Contend for the faith’ does NOT mean to argue with people over theology!! It means to suffer for speaking and living truthfully.
Genesis 8:9 But the dove finds no rest for the “sole of her foot.” She returns to Noah in the ark. The waters still cover the face of the entire land. [So] Noah {Rest} reaches out his hand. He takes [the dove]. He pulls her in to himself in the ark.
Exodus 7:15 [So] go to Pharaoh in the morning, when he ventures out to [bathe in] the water. Stand by the riverbank to meet him. Hold in your hand the staff [I] turned into a serpent.
2nd Samuel 18:27 Then the watchman says, “The running-style of the first [guy] looks like the sprint of Zadok's son Ahimaaz {Firm-Brother}.” King [David] replies, “He's a good man. [He must be] bringing good news.”
1st Kings 19:15 So YHVH replies to [ELiJah], “Go, get back on your path. [Run hundreds of miles north] to the wilderness of Damascus. When you get there, anoint HazaEl {El's-Sight} king over [Highland] Syria.
NehemiYAH 4:9 But we [Hebrews kneel and] pray to our Elohim. And [we] set a watch to [spot] the [invaders] day and night.
note: Pray and watch.
NehemiYAH 4:15 Soon our enemies hear that we [Hebrews] know about [their invasion plans], and that Elohim has brought their schemes to nothing. So we [Jews] all return to our work-spots on the wall.
Job 7:2 [We're] slaves dying for shade, hard-laborers looking forward to finally getting paid for [our] work.
Psalms 129:2 Many times my enemies have beaten me down ever since my childhood, 😇. But they haven't won the battle!
Proverbs 24:16 For a just man falls 7 times, then springs up again, 😇. But all wicked [people eventually] fall into calamity, [never to rise].
JeremiYAH 12:5 [YAH replies,] “You get worn out running against foot-racers. So how can you keep up with race-horses, 😇? You stumble and fall on the peaceful ground where you run-for-refuge. So how will you [keep from drowning] in the thick-marshes of the Jordan [river]?
Mark 10:48 Many people order [stinky Bart] the blind man to keep quiet, 😇. But Bart shouts even louder, “You! Son of David {Love}! Take pity on me!”
Romans 12:12 Rejoice in hope, 😇. Patiently [forge on] through tribulation. Continue praying nonstop.
Philippians 4:1 So, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and my crown, my dear friends: keep standing firm [with me] in [union with] Adonai [YHVH].
2nd Timothy 1:12 I suffer [many] hardships for [my calling]. Yet I'm not one bit ashamed, 😇. For I know [YahShua, to] whom I've entrusted [my life]. I'm convinced that [YahShua] is able to guard everything I've committed to him until [I receive my spiritual treasure on Judgment] Day.
note: This verse could equally refer to YHVH the Father. The only safe store of wealth is to store wealth in heaven. Precious metals are easily stolen. Banks crash. Welfare-funds dry up. Houses burn. Taxes and currency devaluation erode wealth. So give everything you have to the work of YAH. He'll guard it for you. He keeps the universe running. He can safeguard your trinkets.
Hebrews 10:23 Never waver, 😇. Let's hold tightly to the faith-hope we [believers] say we have. [We] can trust [YAH] to keep His promise[s].
Hebrews 12:12 So 😇, lift up those drooping arms. Steady those shaky legs!
1st Peter 1:6 Spin around with great, overwhelming emotional joy, 😇! [YAH will protect you and save you!] Limitless joy lies ahead. But first, for a while, you, 😇, must endure many trials.
note: Righteousness is no free ride. This life on earth is a walk in the park compared to the challenges we come to face in eternity. You need to get tough! The Hebrew word for joy means to spin around with violent emotion.
Apocalypsis (Revelation) 2:13 I [know your deeds, 😇. I see] where you live — where Satan [mounts] his throne. Yet you hold fast [to] my name & authority. You [true believers] never denied my faith, even in those days when [persecutors] murdered my faithful martyr Antipas {Like-Father} in your city where Satan dwells.
note: You remain true to me, You did not give up your faith in me. Antipas = something like "Because of the Father."
Exodus 9:13 So YHVH says to Moses, “Rise up early in the morning. Stand before Pharaoh. [Once again] say to him, ‘YHVH, Elohim of the Hebrews, says this: ‘Let My people go, so they can serve me [instead of you].
1st Samuel 17:29 David {Love} [shouts] back, “I haven't done anything [bad! Somebody needs to step up and kill that giant!]”
note: paraphrase
1st Samuel 17:30 David turns away from [his coward brother]. [David tries to] talk sense into man [after man]. But the [soldiers] just keep answering him, [“The man who kills the giant will get riches galore.”]
2nd Samuel 2:29 Then [north Israeli General] Abner {Father-Of-Light} and his [rebel soldiers] trudge all that night through the Arabah {Plain}. They cross [east] over [the] Jordan [river]. They [struggle] through the whole [region of] Bithron {Crags}. Finally [they straggle] into Mahanaim {Double-Camp}.
2nd Kings 10:16 [JAHu] says, “Come with me. See my zeal for YHVH.” So [JAHonadab and JAHu] ride into [Samaria city] in [JAHu's royal] chariot.
Psalms 119:115 Get away from me, [double-agents of] destruction! I'm guarding Elohim's [war] strategy!
Matthew 15:23 But YahShua answers her not one word, 😇. YahShua's disciples come. They beg YahShua, “Send her away! She keeps following us, pestering us with her crying.”
Matthew 20:31 The crowd scream “Silence!”, scolding [the blind men, 😇]. But the blind men cry louder, “Have mercy on us, sovereign son of [ancient king] David!”
Luke 11:6 —My old friend just showed up traveling through. But I don't have a crumb to put on a plate for him to eat.’
Luke 11:7 Then, 😇, your friend yells from his bed, ‘Don't bother me. The door's locked; my children all lie sleeping; I can't get up to give you anything.’
Acts 13:51 So Paul and Barnabas {Prophet-Child} ‘shake the dust off their feet’ [in protest] against the [Jews of Antioch]. Then [Paul & Barnabas hike east] toward Iconium {Idol-town}.
2nd Corinthians 4:10 Every day, 😇, our bodies feel some [pain] of the death Master YahShua suffered. But [when we can't go on,] YahShua's life shows up in our bodies to supernaturally support us.
2nd Corinthians 6:8 [We true believers serve Elohim] whether people honor us or despise us, whether they slander us or praise us, 😇. We're honest. Yet the [religionists and their thugs] call us impostors.
Philippians 1:12 I want you to understand, brothers, that my imprisonment [and torture keep] backfiring against the evil ones. [My oppressors thought they'd shut up the disciples, 😇. But now everybody's] broadcasting the Good News.
note: Any press is good press.
2nd Timothy 2:10 So I endure anything, 😇, to help [YAH's] chosen [people] obtain eternal glorious salvation through [their connection to] YahShua (the Messiah).
Hebrews 3:13 Instead, 😇, encourage [and warn] one another daily, [constantly,] in [every moment you can] call “Today,” so that none of you get hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
1st John 2:24 So let the [truth] you've been hearing since the beginning [of your faith-walk] live and grow in you, 😇. When the [truth] you've been hearing from the beginning remains [living] in you, then you continue to live united with YAH's Son, and united with [YHVH] the Father.
Apocalypsis (Revelation) 3:8 [YahShua] decrees, ‘I know your deeds, 😇. Look! I set before you an open door. No man can shut it. You have little strength. Yet you've kept my Word. And [you've] avoided denying my Name-Authority.
Apocalypsis (Revelation) 3:11 Look [out, 😇]. I come quickly! Hold firm to what [faith] you have, so no one takes your crown.
note: You experience Yahshua's coming, at the latest, the first thing after you die.
Exodus 13:18 So Elohim leads [his million+ followers] around via the wilderness paths by the Red [Reed] Sea, 😇. The descendants of Israel stoutly trudge up [northeast toward Saudi Arabia] from the land of Egypt.
note: Despite idiotic translations to the contrary (CJB, NIV, NRSV, GNT, etc.), the Israelis were not armed for battle. Moses' followers had neither capability nor intention of fighting.
Leviticus 6:13 [Repeat, 😇:] keep the [supernatural] fire [from heaven] always glowing on the altar. Never let it go out.
note: This fire came from heaven. It was extinguished by Nebuchadnezzar, and thus was one of the 5 things lacking in Herod's temple. Never let your holy spirit-fire go out.
Deuteronomy 16:7 Roast and eat [the passover meal] in the place YHVH your Elohim anoints, 😇. Then [get up] in the morning, and return to your tents.
Deuteronomy 32:19 YHVH sees [your abhorrent behavior, 😇. So] he furiously spurns [you], his sons and his daughters.
note: Ps 106:40 abhor.
1st Samuel 14:31 [Saul's army,] fainting [in hunger, staggers on to] strike the Philistines that day from Michmash {Hidden} to Aijalon {Deer-Field}.
note: During World War 1, a bible-studying British soldier led his general to the hidden MichMash pass, thus empowering Britain to defeat the oppressive Ottoman Empire.
1st Samuel 22:1 So David {Love} flees Gath {Winepress-Town}, 😇. He escapes to the [nearby] cave [of] Adullam. David's brothers (and all his father's family) [to the east in Gibeah {Flower-Hills}] hear [where David went]. So they [gallop] downhill [southwest] to [conspire] with [David against deposed king Saul].
1st Samuel 23:14 David camps [out] in desert strongholds. He stays on a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph {Flow}. Meanwhile, Saul hunts [David] every day. Yet Elohim [refuses] to hand [David] into [Saul's] fist.
1st Samuel 23:29 [Meanwhile,] David travels up from the [woods]. [He and his men] camp in [the] strongholds of En-Gedi {Kid-Fountain}.
2nd Samuel 13:27 So [prince] AbShalom presses [king] David. [AbShalom] manipulates David into letting Amnon and all the king's sons go on [“holiday”] with him.
2nd Samuel 18:23 Still, [Ahimaaz insists,] “Let me run [to king David].” So [General Joab grunts], “Run.” So Ahimaaz races by the way of the plain. He outruns Cushi.
2nd Samuel 18:25 The watchman cries, [“Runner!”] King [David] startles. The king replies, “If [the runner runs] alone, [not in a gaggle of fleeing retreaters,] there's [good] news in his mouth.” [The watchman sees Ahimaaz] run [like a cheetah,] fast approaching [the city].
Psalms 119:32 I'm running the road you map out, [YAH]. So make room in my heart [to bear the strain].
Psalms 119:70 [Slimebags with] fat, grease-clogged hearts [fling feces on my reputation]. Still I [dance, reveling in the] light of your [power-washing] Law.
Luke 18:6 Master [YahShua] explains, “😇, listen to what that judge, corrupt as he is, is saying: [Perseverance pays off!]
Acts 11:23 Barnabas {Prophet-Child} journeys [north into Syria]. [He smiles,] delighted to see YHVH [lavish] unmerited-favor [on repentant pagans]. Barnabas encourages all the believers to [maintain laser-like focus and] purpose in their hearts — to stick with Adonai [through the horrible persecution and abandonment that tests all obedient believers].
Acts 13:43 The congregation disperses, 😇. Then many of the Jews and devout converts [to Judaism] follow Paul & Barnabas {Prophet-Child}. These [missionaries] talk with the [Jews], urging them to persevere [through the coming tough times] on [the strength of] YHVH's unmerited favor.
Acts 27:7 We sail slowly [west] for many days, 😇. We [paddle like mad,] fighting [drift]. [Finally we] arrive off [the coast of] Cnidus [in southwest Turkey]. The wind forces us off our course. So we sail on the wind-sheltered side of the [Mediterranean] island of Crete, opposite [Crete's surging shore of] Salmone [Storm-Surge].
Acts 27:16 We struggle to ready our lifeboat. We pass to the wind-sheltered-side of a small island [just southwest of Crete] called Cauda.
Acts 27:17 The crewmen hoist the lifeboat aboard, 😇. They pass ropes under the ship's [hull] to hold [the boat] together. The [men tremble in] fear of running aground on the [deadly North African coastal] quicksand-bars of Syrtis. So the [men] lower the sea anchor. They let the [wind] drive the ship along.
Romans 1:13 I want you to be aware, [Roman] brothers, that I've often planned to come to you to reap a [spiritual] harvest among you, just as I [‘harvested’ believers] among the other beast-nations. But [spiritual forces] blocked me.
Romans 11:22 So look at Elohim’s kindness and his severity: severity toward those [disobedient branches] who fell off; but kindness toward you, 😇 — provided you continue [behaving as someone filled with YAH's] moral goodness! Otherwise, [YAH] cuts you [Christians] off too!
note: You are saved if you stay in YAH's will. Nothing saves you if you persist in disobeying YAH.
2nd Corinthians 1:6 We [missionaries] suffer to bring you [easy-believers] comfort and salvation, 😇. Salvation gives you patience. [Supernatural] endurance gets you through the same suffering you see us [apostles] struggling through. [YAH] comforts us [apostles]. So that should encourage you [new believers] when you endure sufferings like those we [missionaries] experience.
note: Paraphrase. The actual Greek is difficult.
2nd Corinthians 4:1 [Spreading the Good News of the New Covenant] is the ministry [Elohim] in His mercy has given us [believers], 😇. So nothing can daunt us.
Colossians 1:25 When I became a servant of the Ekklesia, I experienced such assault(s) as a sheer gift, YAH's way of helping me serve you, 😇. [I've always] laid out YAH's whole truth, [including the painful truth that we believers must go through traumatic abuse].
note: Church goons sugar-coat the gospel, implying that you can get to eternal life as a pew-warmer or a pulpit-parrot.
Colossians 2:7 Like you've been taught, 😇: stay rooted and built up, [united with] YahShua, established in the faith, overflowing with thankfulness.
1st Thessalonians 2:2 You know how we [apostles] suffer, 😇. [Religio-political criminals] shamefully abused us at Philippi {Horse-City}. But against [outrageous] opposition, [YHVH] our Eloah sent us courage. So we [risked our lives] by speaking His Good News to you.
1st Thessalonians 3:8 It gives us [persecuted leaders] new life, to know [that] you, 😇, stand strong in [union with] Adoni [YahShua].
Apocalypsis (Revelation) 2:25 Just continue to obey my command to hold fast till I [visibly] return, 😇.
Philippians 3:15 So, those of us who want to be complete and perfect, let's keep pushing [through rejection, danger and torture] to [get] that prize. If any of you have something else in mind, something less than total commitment, YHVH wants to clear your blurred vision [so you can see the truth].
Daniel 12:12 Blessed [and happy] is the [saint] who waits, and reaches the [end of the] 1335 [symbolic] ‘days’ [of persecution].
1 Maccabees 4:18 [Greek general] Gorgias and his army [stalk] us [here on this] mountain! Stand now against our enemies! Overcome them. Then you may boldly seize the spoils [of battle]!”
Acts 27:8 We struggle on [west, trying to] pass [the isle of] Crete. [We] come to its [southern port] called The Fair Havens [Pleasant Harbor], near the town of Lasea.
Romans 15:22 So [my missionary travels] often prevent me from visiting you [Roman believers].
Galatians 4:13 You [Galatians] remember how at first, in my beat-up body I heralded [YAH's] Amazing Revelations to you.
note: In addition to literal broken bones, Paul was perhaps struggling against his carnal nature, perhaps struggling to give up legalism. Eugene Peterson renders this: ‘You were well aware that the reason I ended up heralding to you was that I was physically broken. Prevented from continuing my journey, I was forced to stop with you.’
1st Thessalonians 1:3 As we talk about you with [YHVH], (our Elohim and Father,) we think always of your faithful work, 😇, your labors of love, and your patient hope for the return of our Master YahShua, [the] Messiah.
Acts 16:8 So Paul and Timothy {YAH's-Treasure} bypass Mysia. [They trudge] down [west] to [the seaport at] the [Grecian] plain of Troy.

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