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Not to mention other things, there is the daily pressure on me: my care for all the churches.
We are pressured in every way but not crushed; we are perplexed but not in despair;
Indeed, we personally had a death sentence within ourselves, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.
because of the enemy’s voice,
because of the pressure of the wicked.
For they bring down disaster on me
and harass me in anger.
But I didn’t want to do anything without your consent, so that your good deed might not be out of obligation, but of your own free will.
For we don’t want you to be unaware, brothers, of our affliction that took place in Asia: we were completely overwhelmed—beyond our strength—so that we even despaired of life.
If you do nothing in a difficult time,
your strength is limited.
For I wrote to you with many tears out of an extremely troubled and anguished heart—not that you should be hurt, but that you should know the abundant love I have for you.
but the worries of this age, the seduction of wealth, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
But they have no root in themselves; they are short-lived. When pressure or persecution comes because of the word, they immediately stumble.
“I said to you at that time: I can’t bear the responsibility for you on my own.
Each person should do as he has decided in his heart—not reluctantly or out of necessity, for God loves a cheerful giver.
For the choir director: with stringed instruments. A Davidic psalm.Answer me when I call,
God, who vindicates me.
You freed me from affliction;
be gracious to me and hear my prayer.
A man who endures trials is blessed, because when he passes the test he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.
In fact, when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest. Instead, we were troubled in every way: conflicts on the outside, fears inside.
The one who loves pleasure will become a poor man;
whoever loves wine and oil will not get rich.
I will put this third through the fire;
I will refine them as silver is refined
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
and I will answer them.
I will say: They are My people,
and they will say: Yahweh is our God.”
For the churning of milk produces butter,
and twisting a nose draws blood,
and stirring up anger produces strife.
For this is what the Lord said to me with great power, to keep me from going the way of this people:
Trouble and distress terrify him,
overwhelming him like a king prepared for battle.
labor and hardship,
many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst,
often without food, cold, and lacking clothing.
But the more they oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread so that the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
However, if you do get married, you have not sinned, and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But such people will have trouble in this life, and I am trying to spare you.
A righteous person who yields to the wicked
is like a muddied spring or a polluted well.
Surely, the practice of extortion turns a wise person into a fool,
and a bribe destroys the mind.
Tell them: As I live”—the declaration of the Lord God—“I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked person should turn from his way and live. Repent, repent of your evil ways! Why will you die, house of Israel?
When they are diminished and are humbled
by cruel oppression and sorrow,
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Exodus 23:2“You must not follow a crowd in wrongdoing. Do not testify in a lawsuit and go along with a crowd to pervert justice.