¹⁴ And he said, Out of the taker of food came food, and out of the strong came the sweet. And at the end of three days they were still not able to give the answer.

² Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort;

³ Because you have the knowledge that the testing of your faith gives you the power of going on in hope;

⁴ But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.

⁶ And the ravens took him bread in the morning and meat in the evening; and the water of the stream was his drink.

²⁴ He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.

¹⁰ For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.

¹¹ At the time all punishment seems to be pain and not joy: but after, those who have been trained by it get from it the peace-giving fruit of righteousness.

¹⁴ And because the children are flesh and blood, he took a body himself and became like them; so that by his death he might put an end to him who had the power of death, that is to say, the Evil One;

¹⁵ And let those who all their lives were in chains because of their fear of death, go free.

¹² Now it is my purpose to make clear to you, brothers, that the cause of the good news has been helped by my experiences;

¹³ So that it became clear through all the Praetorium, and to all the rest, that I was a prisoner on account of Christ;

¹⁴ And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear.

¹⁵ Though some are preaching Christ out of envy and competition, others do it out of a good heart:

¹⁶ These do it from love, conscious that I am responsible for the cause of the good news:

¹⁷ But those are preaching Christ in a spirit of competition, not from their hearts, but with the purpose of giving me pain in my prison.

¹⁸ What then? only that in every way, falsely or truly, the preaching of Christ goes on; and in this I am glad, and will be glad.

¹⁹ For I am conscious that this will be for my salvation, through your prayer and the giving out of the stored wealth of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

²⁰ In the measure of my strong hope and belief that in nothing will I be put to shame, but that without fear, as at all times, so now will Christ have glory in my body, by life or by death.

⁹ And he said to me, My grace is enough for you, for my power is made complete in what is feeble. Most gladly, then, will I take pride in my feeble body, so that the power of Christ may be on me.

¹⁰ So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.

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

³⁷ But we are able to overcome all these things and more through his love.

³ And not only so, but let us have joy in our troubles: in the knowledge that trouble gives us the power of waiting;

⁴ And waiting gives experience; and experience, hope:

⁵ And hope does not put to shame; because our hearts are full of the love of God through the Holy Spirit which is given to us.

³¹ And he said, How is that possible when I have no guide? And he made Philip get up by his side.

¹¹ And he said to them in answer, To you is given the knowledge of the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

¹⁰ And the Lord was pleased ... see a seed, long life, ... will do well in his hand. ...

¹¹ ... made clear his righteousness before men ... had taken their sins on himself.

¹² For this cause he will have a heritage with the great, and he will have a part in the goods of war with the strong, because he gave up his life, and was numbered with the evil-doers; taking on himself the sins of the people, and making prayer for the wrongdoers.

⁷ Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.

²⁵ And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their goods from them, they saw beasts in great numbers, and wealth and clothing and things of value, more than they were able to take away; all this they took for themselves, and they were three days getting it away, there was so much.

² And they came to Jehoshaphat with the news, saying, A great army is moving against you from Edom across the sea; and now they are in Hazazon-tamar (which is En-gedi).

¹⁵ Who was your guide through that great and cruel waste, where there were poison-snakes and scorpions and a dry land without water; who made water come out of the hard rock for you;

¹⁶ Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end;

¹⁵ And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.