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 tell you, it will be hard for a rich man to get into the Kingdom of Heaven!
and all at once a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly cries out, and it convulses him until he foams at the mouth, and it leaves him, after a struggle, badly bruised.
So he moved to the house of a devout proselyte named Titius Justus, which was next door to the synagogue.
and with difficulty coasted along it and reached a place called Fair Havens, near the town of Lasea.
Share my hardships like a good soldier of Christ Jesus.
Thus he has given us his precious and splendid promises so that through them you may escape the corrupting influences that exist in the world through passion, and come to share in the divine nature.