Personal Pain

and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'

For it was becoming to Him, because of whom <FI>are<Fi> the all things, and through whom <FI>are<Fi> the all things, many sons to glory bringing, the author of their salvation through sufferings to make perfect,

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us;

Beloved, think it not strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening to you,

for the momentary light matter of our tribulation, more and more exceedingly an age-during weight of glory doth work out for us--

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

so that also those suffering according to the will of god, as to a stedfast Creator, let them commit their own souls in good doing.

For all things I have strength, in Christ's strengthening me;

For not My thoughts <FI>are<Fi> your thoughts, Nor your ways My ways, --an affirmation of Jehovah, — read the full passage →

because we have not the wrestling with blood and flesh, but with the principalities, with the authorities, with the world-rulers of the darkness of this age, with the spiritual things of the evil in the heavenly places;

`And at that time stand up doth Michael, the great head, who is standing up for the sons of thy people, and there hath been a time of distress, such as hath not been since there hath been a nation till that time, and at that time do thy people escape, every one who is found written in the book. — read the full passage →