Ephesians 3:13 Cross References - Riverside

¹³ So I beg you not to lose heart because of the distresses that come on me for your sake. They are a high honor to you.

²² reassuring the minds of the disciples and encouraging them to be steadfast in the faith, saying, "Through many trials we must enter into the kingdom of God."

⁶ But if we are in distress, it is for your encouragement and salvation. If we are encouraged, it is for your encouragement which is effective in the endurance of the same sufferings that we suffer.

⁹ Let us not grow discouraged in doing what is noble, for in due time we shall reap if we do not grow faint.

¹ FOR this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles, —

¹² I wish you to know, brethren, that my affairs have turned out rather to the furtherance of the good news, ¹³ so that my chains have become well known as for Christ to the whole Praetorian Guard and to all the rest, ¹⁴ and the most of the brethren in the Lord, made confident by my chains, are unusually brave in speaking the message fearlessly.

²⁴ Now I rejoice in what I suffer for your sake, and in my turn am filling up in my flesh what was lacking in the afflictions of Christ for the sake of his body, that is, the church.

² and sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the good news of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith, ³ that no one might be disturbed in these trials. For you yourselves know that we are destined to this. ⁴ For when we were with you we told you in advance, "We shall soon have trouble." And so it came to pass, as you know.

¹³ But you, brethren, must not become discouraged in doing well.

³ Think of him who endured such hostile speaking of sinners against him, that you may not grow weary and despondent in heart. ⁴ You have not yet resisted to blood in the contest against sin, ⁵ and you have forgotten the encouragement which reasons with you as with sons, "My son, do not think slightingly of the discipline of the Lord and be not faint-hearted when reproved by him: