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I'll give you the words and wisdom that will reduce all your accusers to stammers and stutters.
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"You'll even be turned in by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. Some of you will be killed.
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There's no telling who will hate you because of me.
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Even so, every detail of your body and soul - even the hairs of your head! - is in my care; nothing of you will be lost.
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Staying with it - that's what is required. Stay with it to the end. You won't be sorry; you'll be saved.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.