³ In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

⁷ For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

¹³ I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

⁶ Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

¹¹ For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

⁶ Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

¹ The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

³⁹ But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble.

¹¹ For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established;

¹² That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.

¹³ Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles.

¹⁶ For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

¹¹ Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do.

⁷ Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith: