KJV King James Version
But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
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2 Thessalonians 3:13
But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But as for you, brothers, do not grow weary in well-doing.
WEB World English Bible
But you, brothers, don’t be weary in doing well.
ASV American Standard Version
But ye, brethren, be not weary in well-doing.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and ye, brethren, may ye not be weary doing well,
Surrounding context — 2 Thessalonians 3
10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.
12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
13 But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.
14 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
15 Yet count [him] not as an enemy, but admonish [him] as a brother.
16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord [be] with you all.
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Galatians 6:9-10And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.Hebrews 12:3For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.2 Corinthians 4:1Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;Isaiah 40:29-31He giveth power to the faint; and to [them that have] no might he increaseth strength.2 Corinthians 4:16For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward [man] is renewed day by day.Luke 18:1And he spake a parable unto them [to this end], that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;Zephaniah 3:16In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: [and to] Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.1 Thessalonians 4:1Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort [you] by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, [so] ye would abound more and more.Revelation 2:3And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.Psalm 27:13[I had fainted], unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.Hebrews 12:5And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:Romans 2:7To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:Philippians 1:9And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and [in] all judgment;Malachi 1:13Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness [is it]! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought [that which was] torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD.Deuteronomy 20:8And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man [is there that is] fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as his heart.1 Corinthians 15:28And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
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