⁷ But we have this wealth in vessels of earth, so that it may be seen that the power comes not from us but from God;

⁸ Troubles are round us on every side, but we are not shut in; things are hard for us, but we see a way out of them;

⁹ We are cruelly attacked, but not without hope; we are made low, but we are not without help;

¹⁰ In our bodies there is ever the mark of the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies.

¹¹ For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.

¹² So then, death is working in us, but life in you.

¹⁵ For you did not get the spirit of servants again to put you in fear, but the spirit of sons was given to you, by which we say, Abba, Father.

¹⁷ So if any man is in Christ, he is in a new world: the old things have come to an end; they have truly become new.

²⁸ And have no fear of those who put to death the body, but are not able to put to death the soul. But have fear of him who has power to give soul and body to destruction in hell.

¹³ I am able to do all things through him who gives me strength.

²² Put your cares on the Lord, and he will be your support; he will not let the upright man be moved.

¹² For if there is a ready mind, a man will have God's approval in the measure of what he has, and not of what he has not.

⁷ Putting all your troubles on him, for he takes care of you.

¹⁶ For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.

⁷ For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control.

³³ I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.

⁹ The Lord will be a high tower for those who are crushed down, a high tower in times of trouble;

¹⁰ And those who have knowledge of your name will put their faith in you; because you, Lord, have ever given your help to those who were waiting for you.

¹¹ Make songs of praise to the Lord, whose house is in Zion: make his doings clear to the people.

⁸ And the voice of the Lord came to my ears, saying, Whom am I to send, and who will go for us? Then I said, Here am I, send me.

²⁴ And let us be moving one another at all times to love and good works;

²⁵ Not giving up our meetings, as is the way of some, but keeping one another strong in faith; and all the more because you see the day coming near.

²⁶ For if we do evil on purpose after we have had the knowledge of what is true, there is no more offering for sins,

⁶ You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways,

¹ <To the chief music-maker. Of the sons of Korah; put to Alamoth. A Song.> God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble.

² For this cause we will have no fear, even though the earth is changed, and though the mountains are moved in the heart of the sea;

³ Though its waters are sounding and troubled, and though the mountains are shaking with their violent motion. (Selah.)

⁴ There is a river whose streams make glad the resting-place of God, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.

²⁰ And David said to his son Solomon, Be strong and of a good heart and do your work; have no fear and do not be troubled, for the Lord God, my God, is with you; he will not give you up, and his face will not be turned away from you, till all the work necessary for the house of the Lord is complete.

⁸ I will give you knowledge, teaching you the way to go; my eye will be your guide.

³ In the time of my fear, I will have faith in you.

⁴ In God will I give praise to his word; in God have I put my hope; I will have no fear of what flesh may do to me.

⁵ Every day they make wrong use of my words; all their thoughts are against me for evil.

¹³ Be on the watch, unmoved in the faith, and be strong like men.

¹⁷ For our present trouble, which is only for a short time, is working out for us a much greater weight of glory;

²⁸ Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest.

¹⁷ Let the pleasure of the Lord our God be on us: O Lord, give strength to the work of our hands.

²⁷ May peace be with you; my peace I give to you: I give it not as the world gives. Let not your heart be troubled; let it be without fear.

¹⁷ And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

¹⁸ And they went straight from their nets, and came after him.

¹⁹ And going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were in their boat stitching up their nets.

¹¹ So then, go on comforting and building up one another, as you have been doing.

²³ In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor.

⁵ Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times.

⁶ So that we say with a good heart, The Lord is my helper; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me?

⁷ Keep in mind those who were over you, and who gave you the word of God; seeing the outcome of their way of life, let your faith be like theirs.

¹ I have been ready to give an answer to those who did not make prayer to me; I have been offering myself to those who were not searching for me; I said, Here am I, here am I, to a nation which gave no respect to my name.

¹¹ Having in mind, then, the fear of the Lord, we put these things before men, but God sees our hearts; and it is my hope that we may seem right in your eyes.

¹² We are not again requesting your approval, but we are giving you the chance of taking pride in us, so that you may be able to give an answer to those whose glory is in seeming, and not in the heart.

¹³ For if we are foolish, it is to God; or if we are serious, it is for you.

¹⁴ For it is the love of Christ which is moving us; because we are of the opinion that if one was put to death for all, then all have undergone death;

¹⁵ And that he underwent death for all, so that the living might no longer be living to themselves, but to him who underwent death for them and came back from the dead.

¹⁶ For this reason, from this time forward we have knowledge of no man after the flesh: even if we have had knowledge of Christ after the flesh, we have no longer any such knowledge.

¹⁷ So if any man is in Christ, he is in a new world: the old things have come to an end; they have truly become new.

¹⁸ But all things are of God, who has made us at peace with himself through Christ, and has given to us the work of making peace;

¹⁹ That is, that God was in Christ making peace between the world and himself, not putting their sins to their account, and having given to us the preaching of this news of peace.

²⁰ So we are the representatives of Christ, as if God was making a request to you through us: we make our request to you, in the name of Christ, be at peace with God.

²¹ For him who had no knowledge of sin God made to be sin for us; so that we might become the righteousness of God in him.

¹³ Who will do you any damage if you keep your minds fixed on what is good?

¹⁴ But you are happy if you undergo pain because of righteousness; have no part in their fear and do not be troubled;

¹⁵ But give honour to Christ in your hearts as your Lord; and be ready at any time when you are questioned about the hope which is in you, to give an answer in the fear of the Lord and without pride;

¹ <Of David.> The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?

⁴ Have no fear; for you will not be shamed or without hope: you will not be put to shame, for the shame of your earlier days will go out of your memory, and you will no longer keep in mind the sorrows of your widowed years.

¹⁷ The Lord your God is among you, as a strong saviour: he will be glad over you with joy, he will make his love new again, he will make a song of joy over you as in the time of a holy feast.

³⁸ And Mary said: I am the servant of the Lord; may it be to me as you say. And the angel went away.

⁶ For I am certain of this very thing, that he by whom the good work was started in you will make it complete till the day of Jesus Christ:

⁴ Because of your value in my eyes, you have been honoured, and loved by me; so I will give men for you, and peoples for your life.

⁴ Yes, though I go through the valley of deep shade, I will have no fear of evil; for you are with me, your rod and your support are my comfort.

²⁴ Put away fear and let your heart be strong, all you whose hope is in the Lord.

¹⁰ Have no fear, for I am with you; do not be looking about in trouble, for I am your God; I will give you strength, yes, I will be your helper; yes, my true right hand will be your support.

² When you go through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not go over you: when you go through the fire, you will not be burned; and the flame will have no power over you.

⁶ Are not five sparrows given in exchange for two farthings? and God has every one of them in mind.

⁷ But even the hairs of your head are numbered. Have no fear: you are of more value than a flock of sparrows.

⁸ And I say to you that to everyone who gives witness to me before men, the Son of man will give witness before the angels of God.

¹¹ For I am conscious of my thoughts about you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you hope at the end.

¹⁸ There is no fear in love: true love has no room for fear, because where fear is, there is pain; and he who is not free from fear is not complete in love.

³ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort;

⁴ Who gives us comfort in all our troubles, so that we may be able to give comfort to others who are in trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

⁵ For as we undergo more of the pain which Christ underwent, so through Christ does our comfort become greater.

⁵ Now may the God who gives comfort and strength in waiting make you of the same mind with one another in harmony with Christ Jesus:

¹¹ For I have a strong desire to see you, and to give you some grace of the spirit, so that you may be made strong;

¹² That is to say, that all of us may be comforted together by the faith which is in you and in me.

¹³ You may be certain, my brothers, that it has frequently been in my mind to come to you (but till now I was kept from it), so that I might have some fruit from you in the same way as I have had it from the other nations.

⁵ Have no fear, for I am with you: I will take your seed from the east, and get you together from the west;

² Let every one of us give pleasure to his neighbour for his good, to make him strong.

⁵⁸ For this cause, my dear brothers, be strong in purpose and unmoved, ever giving yourselves to the work of the Lord, because you are certain that your work is not without effect in the Lord.

¹⁴ Let your hope be in the Lord: take heart and be strong; yes, let your hope be in the Lord.

³¹ But those who are waiting for the Lord will have new strength; they will get wings like eagles: running, they will not be tired, and walking, they will have no weariness.

⁸ I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.

¹ <A Song of the going up.> My eyes are lifted up to the hills: O where will my help come from?

² Your help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.

³ May he not let your foot be moved: no need of sleep has he who keeps you.

¹⁰ Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias! and he said, Here I am, Lord.

³¹ What may we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?