⁹ And when news of wars and troubled times comes to your ears, have no fear; for these things have to be, but the end will not be now.

⁶ And news will come to you of wars and talk of wars: do not be troubled, for these things have to be; but it is still not the end.

⁷ For nation will be moved against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and men will be without food, and the earth will be shaking in different places;

⁸ But all these things are the first of the troubles.

⁷ And when you have news of wars and talk of wars, do not be troubled; these things have to be, but it is still not the end.

⁸ Nation will go to war with nation, and kingdom with kingdom: there will be earth-shocks in different places; there will be times when there is no food; these things are the first of the troubles.

²⁸ But when these things come about, let your heads be lifted up, because your salvation is near.

¹² I, even I, am your comforter: are you so poor in heart as to be in fear of man who will come to an end, and of the son of man who will be like grass?

¹³ And you have given no thought to the Lord your Maker, by whom the heavens were stretched out, and the earth placed on its base; and you went all day in fear of the wrath of the cruel one, when he was making ready for your destruction. And where is the wrath of the cruel one?

¹⁸ But not a hair of your head will come to destruction.

¹⁹ By going through all these things, you will keep your lives.