31 What, then, can we say about all of this? If God is for us, who can be against us?

13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.

7 For God did not give us a spirit of timidity but one of power, love, and self-discipline.

3 Not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,4 endurance produces character, and character produces hope.5 Now this hope does not disappoint us, because God's love has been poured out into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

35 So do not throw away your confidence, since it holds a great reward for you.

10 Don't be afraid of what you are going to suffer. Look! The devil is going to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested. For ten days you will undergo suffering. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the victor's crown of life.

33 Ihave told you this so that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have trouble, but be courageous—I have overcome the world!"

16 That's why we are not discouraged. No, even if our outer man is wearing out, our inner man is being renewed day by day.17 This light, temporary nature of our suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory, far beyond any comparison,18 because we do not look for things that can be seen but for things that cannot be seen. For things that can be seen are temporary, but things that cannot be seen are eternal.

23 Jesus said to him,"‘If you are able?’ Everything is possible for the person who believes!"

26 Jesus looked at them intently and said,"For humans this is impossible, but for God all things are possible."

9 But as it is written, "No eye has seen, no ear has heard,and no mind has imagined the things that God has preparedfor those who love him."