2 Corinthians 4:8

“Many times they have assailed me from my youth up; Yet they have not prevailed against me.

Yet those who hope in Yahweh Will gain new power; They will mount up with wings like eagles; They will run and not get tired; They will walk and not become weary.

Though the fig tree should not blossom And there be no produce on the vines, Though the yield of the olive should fail And the fields yield no food, Though the flock should be cut off from the fold And there be no cattle in the stalls,

“These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”

Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will affliction, or turmoil, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

but in everything commending ourselves as ministers of God, in much perseverance, in afflictions, in distresses, in hardships,

For even when we came into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side—conflicts without, fears within.

but I could wish to be present with you now and to change my tone, because I am perplexed about you.