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32 But remember the former days, when , after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings,
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Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering.
33 partly by being made a public spectacle through reproaches and tribulations, and partly by becoming sharers with those who were so treated.
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Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated.
34 For you showed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted joyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and a lasting one.
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You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.
35 Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
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So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.
36 For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.
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You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.
37 FOR YET IN A VERY LITTLE WHILE, HE WHO IS COMING WILL COME, AND WILL NOT DELAY.
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For, “In just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay.”
38 BUT MY RIGHTEOUS ONE SHALL LIVE BY FAITH; AND IF HE SHRINKS BACK, MY SOUL HAS NO PLEASURE IN HIM.
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And, “But my righteous one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back.”
39 But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul.
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But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.
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