¹⁹ They will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you and will rescue you,” declares the LORD.

 

 

 ⁵ “I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb.
      Before you were born I set you apart
      and appointed you as my prophet to the nations.”

 

¹⁷pray continually;

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³ For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow.

 

 

 ²¹ For the upright will live in the land,
       and the blameless will remain in it;

 ²² but the wicked will be cut off from the land,
       and the unfaithful will be torn from it.

 

 

 ¹⁹ But Joseph said to them, “Don’t be afraid. Am I in the place of God? ²⁰ You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives.

 ²Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, ³because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance.

 

 ³²“Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

 

¹²I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. ¹³I can do everything through him who gives me strength.