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32 Think back on those early days when you first learned about Christ. Remember how you remained faithful even though it meant terrible suffering.
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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 Sometimes you were exposed to public ridicule and were beaten, and sometimes you helped others who were suffering the same things.
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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 You suffered along with those who were thrown into jail, and when all you owned was taken from you, you accepted it with joy. You knew there were better things waiting for you that will last forever.
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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 So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you!
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So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded.
36 Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has 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 in just a little while, the Coming One will come and not delay.
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For, “In just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay.”
38 And my righteous ones will live by faith. But I will take no pleasure in anyone who turns away.”
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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 like those who turn away from God to their own destruction. We are the faithful ones, whose souls will be saved.
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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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