Reference: Hard
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Besides other meanings which are still in use, 'hard' sometimes means close: Jg 9:52 'And Abimelech
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Jesus said to His disciples, "I solemnly say to you, it will be hard for a rich man to get into the kingdom of heaven.
all at once a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams, and it convulses him until he foams at the mouth, and in a struggle it bruises him and then leaves him.
So he moved into the house of a pagan named Titus Justus, who worshiped the true God; his house was next to the synagogue.
and with difficulty coasted along it and finally reached a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.
Take your share of hardships like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
It is through these that He has given us His precious and glorious promises, so that through them, after you have escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of evil desires, you may come to share in the divine nature.