But even if you suffer for doing what is right, God will reward you for it. So don’t worry or be afraid of their threats.

11 But then I recall all you have done, O Lord; I remember your wonderful deeds of long ago.

12 And from the time John the Baptist began preaching until now, the Kingdom of Heaven has been forcefully advancing, and violent people are attacking it.

18 Timothy, my son, here are my instructions for you, based on the prophetic words spoken about you earlier. May they help you fight well in the Lord’s battles.

16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never leave you.

3 Endure suffering along with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

18 “Yes,” he told them, “I saw Satan fall from heaven like lightning! 19 Look, I have given you authority over all the power of the enemy, and you can walk among snakes and scorpions and crush them. Nothing will injure you.

28 Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground.”

34 He trains my hands for battle; he strengthens my arm to draw a bronze bow.

3 Elijah was afraid and fled for his life. He went to Beersheba, a town in Judah, and he left his servant there.