When you hope, be joyful. When you suffer, be patient. When you pray, be faithful.

在指望中要喜乐；在患难中要忍耐；祷告要恒切。

在盼望中要喜乐；在患难中要忍耐；祷告要恒切。

在盼望中要喜乐；在患难中要忍耐；祷告要恒切。

盼望中要有喜乐，患难中要坚忍，祷告要恒切。

在盼望中要喜乐，在患难中要坚忍，祷告要恒切。

在盼望中要欢喜，在患难里要忍耐，在祷告上要恒切。

在指望中要喜樂；在患難中要忍耐；禱告要恆切。

在盼望中要喜樂；在患難中要忍耐；禱告要恆切。

在盼望中要喜樂；在患難中要忍耐；禱告要恆切。

盼望中要有喜樂，患難中要堅忍，禱告要恆切。

在盼望中要喜樂，在患難中要堅忍，禱告要恆切。

要因指望而喜樂；在苦難中要堅忍；禱告要恆心而專一；

在盼望中要歡喜，在患難裡要忍耐，在禱告上要恆切。

喜於望、忍於難、恆於禱、

懷望以喜、遭難以忍、祈禱以恆、

有望則喜、遭難則忍、恆於祈禱、

養怡神於望德、練弘毅於艱辛。

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

Rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.

Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying.

Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; be persistent in prayer.

rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer,

rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation, continuing steadfastly in prayer;

rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing stedfastly in prayer;

Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; be persistent in prayer.

Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.

rejoicing in hope; enduring in troubles; continuing steadfastly in prayer;

You need to be faithful. Then you will do what God wants. You will receive what he has promised.

May the God who gives hope fill you with great joy. May you have perfect peace as you trust in him. May the power of the Holy Spirit fill you with hope.

Trust in him at all times, you people. Tell him all your troubles. God is our place of safety.

Through faith in Jesus we have received God’s grace. In that grace we stand. We are full of joy because we expect to share in God’s glory.And that’s not all. We are full of joy even when we suffer. We know that our suffering gives us the strength to go on.The strength to go on produces character. Character produces hope.

Instead, be joyful that you are taking part in Christ’s sufferings. Then you will have even more joy when Christ returns in glory.

So my heart is glad. Joy is on my tongue. My body also will be secure.You will not leave me in the place of the dead. You will not let your faithful one rot away.You always show me the path of life. You will fill me with joy when I am with you. You will make me happy forever at your right hand.

We don’t want you to slow down. Instead, be like those who have faith and are patient. They will receive what God promised.

Brothers and sisters, be patient until the Lord comes. See how the farmer waits for the land to produce its rich crop. See how patient the farmer is for the fall and spring rains.

Abraham was patient while he waited. Then he received what God promised him.

Suppose a person suffers pain unfairly because they want to obey God. This is worthy of praise.But suppose you receive a beating for doing wrong, and you put up with it. Will anyone honor you for this? Of course not. But suppose you suffer for doing good, and you put up with it. God will praise you for this.

Always be joyful.Never stop praying.

Your faith will be tested. You know that when this happens it will produce in you the strength to continue.And you must allow this strength to finish its work. Then you will be all you should be. You will have everything you need.

Don’t worry about anything. No matter what happens, tell God about everything. Ask and pray, and give thanks to him.Then God’s peace will watch over your hearts and your minds. He will do this because you belong to Christ Jesus. God’s peace can never be completely understood.

A huge cloud of witnesses is all around us. So let us throw off everything that stands in our way. Let us throw off any sin that holds on to us so tightly. And let us keep on running the race marked out for us.

We want you to be very strong, in keeping with his glorious power. We want you to be patient. We pray that you will never give up.

They all came together regularly to pray. The women joined them too. So did Jesus’ mother Mary and his brothers.

Give a lot of time and effort to prayer. Always be watchful and thankful.

Epaphras sends greetings. He is one of you. He serves Christ Jesus. He is always praying hard for you. He prays that you will hold on tightly to all that God has in mind for us. He prays that you will keep growing in your knowledge of what God wants. He also prays that you will be completely sure about it.

Always be joyful because you belong to the Lord. I will say it again. Be joyful!

Remember those earlier days after you received the light. You remained strong in a great battle that was full of suffering.

But we belong to the day. So let us control ourselves. Let us put on our chest the armor of faith and love. Let us put on the hope of salvation like a helmet.

But you are a man of God. Run away from all these things. Try hard to do what is right and godly. Have faith, love and gentleness. Hold on to what you believe.

Brothers and sisters, think about the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. They are an example of how to be patient when you suffer.As you know, we think that people who don’t give up are blessed. You have heard that Job was patient. And you have seen what the Lord finally did for him. The Lord is full of tender mercy and loving concern.

Then you will call out to me. You will come and pray to me. And I will listen to you.When you look for me with all your heart, you will find me.

“ Everyone who is supposed to be captured will be captured. Everyone who is supposed to be killed by a sword will be killed by a sword.”( Jeremiah 15:2) So God’s people must be patient and faithful.

Give praise to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In his great mercy he has given us a new birth and a living hope. This hope is living because Jesus Christ rose from the dead.He has given us new birth so that we might share in what belongs to him. This is a gift that can never be destroyed. It can never spoil or even fade away. It is kept in heaven for you.Through faith you are kept safe by God’s power. Your salvation is going to be completed. It is ready to be shown to you in the last days.Because you know all this, you have great joy. You have joy even though you may have had to suffer for a little while. You may have had to suffer sadness in all kinds of trouble.Your troubles have come in order to prove that your faith is real. Your faith is worth more than gold. That’s because gold can pass away even when fire has made it pure. Your faith is meant to bring praise, honor and glory to God. This will happen when Jesus Christ returns.Even though you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not see him now, you believe in him. You are filled with a glorious joy that can’t be put into words.

May the Lord fill your hearts with God’s love. May Christ give you the strength to go on.

Jesus prayed while he lived on earth. He made his appeal with sincere cries and tears. He prayed to the God who could save him from death. God answered Jesus because he truly honored God.

I was patient while I waited for the Lord. He turned to me and heard my cry for help.

God will give eternal life to those who keep on doing good. They want glory, honor, and life that never ends.

Those who do right can expect joy. But the hopes of sinners are bound to fail.

The end of all things is near. So be watchful and control yourselves. Then you may pray.

Our Lord Jesus Christ and God our Father loved us. By his grace God gave us comfort that will last forever. The hope he gave us is good. May our Lord Jesus Christ and God our Fathercomfort your hearts. May they make you strong in every good thing you do and say.

So among God’s churches we brag about the fact that you don’t give up easily. We brag about your faith in all the suffering and testing you are going through.

But Christ is faithful as the Son over the house of God. And we are his house if we hold tightly to what we are certain about. We must also hold tightly to the hope we boast in.

To knowledge, add the ability to control yourselves. To the ability to control yourselves, add the strength to keep going. To the strength to keep going, add godliness.

His grace made us right with God. So now we have received the hope of eternal life as God’s children.

So Jacob was left alone. A man wrestled with him until morning.The man saw that he couldn’t win. So he touched the inside of Jacob’s hip. As Jacob wrestled with the man, Jacob’s hip was twisted.Then the man said,“ Let me go. It is morning.” But Jacob replied,“ I won’t let you go unless you bless me.”

At all times, pray by the power of the Spirit. Pray all kinds of prayers. Be watchful, so that you can pray. Always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.Pray also for me. Pray that whenever I speak, the right words will be given to me. Then I can be bold as I tell the mystery of the good news.

Here is what we can be sure of when we come to God in prayer. If we ask anything in keeping with what he wants, he hears us.If we know that God hears what we ask for, we know that we have it.

We remember you when we pray to our God and Father. Your work is produced by your faith. Your service is the result of your love. Your strength to continue comes from your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Everything written in the past was written to teach us. The Scriptures give us strength to go on. They encourage us and give us hope.

God has chosen to make known to them the glorious riches of that mystery. He has made it known among the Gentiles. And here is what it is. Christ is in you. He is your hope of glory.

Be still and wait patiently for the Lord to act. Don’t be upset when other people succeed. Don’t be upset when they carry out their evil plans.

Then Jesus said to them,“ Suppose you have a friend. You go to him at midnight and say,‘ Friend, lend me three loaves of bread.A friend of mine on a journey has come to stay with me. I have no food to give him.’And suppose the one inside answers,‘ Don’t bother me. The door is already locked. My children and I are in bed. I can’t get up and give you anything.’I tell you, that person will not get up. And he won’t give you bread just because he is your friend. But because you keep bothering him, he will surely get up. He will give you as much as you need.“ So here is what I say to you. Ask, and it will be given to you. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened to you.Everyone who asks will receive. The one who searches will find. And the door will be opened to the one who knocks.“ Fathers, suppose your son asks for a fish. Which of you will give him a snake instead?Or suppose he asks for an egg. Which of you will give him a scorpion?Even though you are evil, you know how to give good gifts to your children. How much more will your Father who is in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

That’s how we should live as we wait for the blessed hope God has given us. We are waiting for Jesus Christ to appear in his glory. He is our great God and Savior.

Remain strong in the faith, and you will receive eternal life.

But the seed on good soil stands for those with an honest and good heart. Those people hear the message. They keep it in their hearts. They remain faithful and produce a good crop.

I say to myself,“ The Lord is everything I will ever need. So I will put my hope in him.”The Lord is good to those who put their hope in him. He is good to those who look to him.It is good when people wait quietly for the Lord to save them.

You have sent many bitter troubles my way. But you will give me new life. Even if I’m almost in the grave, you will bring me back.You will honor me more and more. You will comfort me once again.My God, I will use the harp to praise you because you are always faithful. Holy One of Israel, I will use the lyre to sing praise to you.My lips will shout with joy when I sing praise to you. You have saved me.

But do not be glad when the evil spirits obey you. Instead, be glad that your names are written in heaven.”

Jesus told his disciples a story. He wanted to show them that they should always pray and not give up.He said,“ In a certain town there was a judge. He didn’t have any respect for God or care about what people thought.A widow lived in that town. She came to the judge again and again. She kept begging him,‘ Make things right for me. Someone is treating me badly.’“ For some time the judge refused. But finally he said to himself,‘ I don’t have any respect for God. I don’t care about what people think.But this widow keeps bothering me. So I will see that things are made right for her. If I don’t, she will someday come and attack me!’ ”The Lord said,“ Listen to what the unfair judge says.God’s chosen people cry out to him day and night. Won’t he make things right for them? Will he keep putting them off?I tell you, God will see that things are made right for them. He will make sure it happens quickly. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find people on earth who have faith?”Jesus told a story to some people who were sure they were right with God. They looked down on everyone else.He said to them,“ Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee. The other was a tax collector.The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed.‘ God, I thank you that I am not like other people,’ he said.‘ I am not like robbers or those who do other evil things. I am not like those who commit adultery. I am not even like this tax collector.I fast twice a week. And I give a tenth of all I get.’“ But the tax collector stood farther away than the Pharisee. He would not even look up to heaven. He brought his hand to his heart and prayed. He said,‘ God, have mercy on me. I am a sinner.’“ I tell you, the tax collector went home accepted by God. But not the Pharisee. All those who lift themselves up will be made humble. And those who make themselves humble will be lifted up.”People were also bringing babies to Jesus. They wanted him to place his hands on the babies. When the disciples saw this, they told the people to stop.But Jesus asked the children to come to him.“ Let the little children come to me,” he said.“ Don’t keep them away. God’s kingdom belongs to people like them.What I’m about to tell you is true. Anyone who will not receive God’s kingdom like a little child will never enter it.”A certain ruler asked Jesus a question.“ Good teacher,” he said,“ what must I do to receive eternal life?”“ Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered.“ No one is good except God.You know what the commandments say.‘ Do not commit adultery. Do not commit murder. Do not steal. Do not be a false witness. Honor your father and mother.’ ”( Exodus 20:12–16; Deuteronomy 5:16–20)“ I have obeyed all those commandments since I was a boy,” the ruler said.When Jesus heard this, he said to him,“ You are still missing one thing. Sell everything you have. Give the money to those who are poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Then come and follow me.”When the ruler heard this, he became very sad. He was very rich.Jesus looked at him. Then he said,“ How hard it is for rich people to enter God’s kingdom!Is it hard for a camel to go through the eye of a needle? It is even harder for someone who is rich to enter God’s kingdom!”Those who heard this asked,“ Then who can be saved?”Jesus replied,“ Things that are impossible with people are possible with God.”Peter said to him,“ We have left everything we had in order to follow you!”“ What I’m about to tell you is true,” Jesus said to them.“ Has anyone left home or wife or husband or brothers or sisters or parents or children for God’s kingdom?They will receive many times as much in this world. In the world to come they will receive eternal life.”Jesus took the 12 disciples to one side. He told them,“ We are going up to Jerusalem. Everything that the prophets wrote about the Son of Man will come true.He will be handed over to the Gentiles. They will make fun of him. They will laugh at him and spit on him.They will whip him and kill him. On the third day, he will rise from the dead!”The disciples did not understand any of this. Its meaning was hidden from them. So they didn’t know what Jesus was talking about.Jesus was approaching Jericho. A blind man was sitting by the side of the road begging.The blind man heard the crowd going by. He asked what was happening.They told him,“ Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.”So the blind man called out,“ Jesus! Son of David! Have mercy on me!”Those who led the way commanded him to stop. They told him to be quiet. But he shouted even louder,“ Son of David! Have mercy on me!”Jesus stopped and ordered the man to be brought to him. When the man came near, Jesus spoke to him.“ What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked.“ Lord, I want to be able to see,” the blind man replied.Jesus said to him,“ Receive your sight. Your faith has healed you.”Right away he could see. He followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they also praised God.

The believers studied what the apostles taught. They shared their lives together. They ate and prayed together.

The three most important things to have are faith, hope and love. But the greatest of them is love.

Be joyful and glad. Your reward in heaven is great. In the same way, people hurt the prophets who lived long ago.

Three times I begged the Lord to take it away from me.

Our God, please listen to us. The city that belongs to you has been destroyed. Open your eyes and see it. We aren’t asking you to answer our prayers because we are godly. Instead, we’re asking you to do it because you love us so much.Lord, please listen! Lord, please forgive us! Lord, hear our prayers! Take action for your own honor. Our God, please don’t wait. Your city and your people belong to you.”

You give me wise advice to guide me. And when I die, you will take me away into the glory of heaven.I don’t have anyone in heaven but you. I don’t want anything on earth besides you.My body and my heart may grow weak. God, you give strength to my heart. You are everything I will ever need.

We hope for what we don’t have yet. So we are patient as we wait for it.

The prayer offered by those who have faith will make the sick person well. The Lord will heal them. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.So confess your sins to one another. Pray for one another so that you might be healed. The prayer of a godly person is powerful. Things happen because of it.

So Peter was kept in prison. But the church prayed hard to God for him.

When trouble comes, sinners are brought down. But godly people seek safety in God even as they die.

So God gave his word when he made his promise. He wanted to make it very clear that his purpose does not change. He wanted those who would receive what was promised to know this.When God made his promise, he gave his word. He did this so we would have good reason not to give up. Instead, we have run to take hold of the hope set before us. This hope is set before us in God’s promise. So God made his promise and gave his word. These two things can’t change. He couldn’t lie about them.Our hope is certain. It is something for the soul to hold on to. It is strong and secure. It goes all the way into the Most Holy Room behind the curtain.

But you know all about my teaching. You know how I live and what I live for. You know about my faith and love. You know how patient I am. You know I haven’t given up.

What hope do ungodly people have when their lives are cut short? What hope do they have when God takes away their lives?God won’t listen to their cry when trouble comes on them.They won’t take delight in the Mighty One. They’ll never call out to God.

But I call out to God. And the Lord saves me.Evening, morning and noon I groan and cry out. And he hears my voice.

The fig trees might not bud. The vines might not produce any grapes. The olive crop might fail. The fields might not produce any food. There might not be any sheep in the pens. There might not be any cattle in the barns.But I will still be glad because of what the Lord has done. God my Savior fills me with joy.

Then we can give our attention to prayer and to teaching God’s word.”

Further, my brothers and sisters, be joyful because you belong to the Lord! It is no trouble for me to write about some important matters to you again. If you know about them, you will have a safe path to follow.

They bring charges against me, even though I love them and pray for them.