Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.
1 Corinthians 16:13 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Be alert and on your guard; stand firm in your faith (your conviction respecting man's relationship to God and divine things, keeping the trust and holy fervor born of faith and a part of it). Act like men and be courageous; grow in strength! [Ps. 31:24.] American Standard Version (1901) Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. Common English Bible Stay awake, stand firm in your faith, be brave, be strong. Catholic Public Domain Version Be vigilant. Stand with faith. Act manfully and be strengthened. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, do manfully, and be strengthened. |
Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.
I go the way of all the earth: he thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.
Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
Wait on the LORD: Be strong, and let thine heart take courage; Yea, wait thou on the LORD.
Be strong, and let your heart take courage, All ye that hope in the LORD.
Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompence of God; he will come and save you.
And he said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he spake unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.
And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he pervert by flatteries: but the people that know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts,
And it shall come to pass that, as ye were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words from the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, even the temple, that it might be built.
Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
But watch ye at every season, making supplication, that ye may prevail to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Brethren, be not children in mind: howbeit in malice be ye babes, but in mind be men.
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not vain in the Lord.
Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
With freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.
that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that ye may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inward man;
Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ: that, whether I come and see you or be absent, I may hear of your state, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the gospel;
Wherefore, my brethren beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my beloved.
if so be that ye continue in the faith, grounded and stedfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel which ye heard, which was preached in all creation under heaven; whereof I Paul was made a minister.
Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ Jesus, saluteth you, always striving for you in his prayers, that ye may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God.
so then let us not sleep, as do the rest, but let us watch and be sober.
So then, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye were taught, whether by word, or by epistle of ours.
Fight the good fight of the faith, lay hold on the life eternal, whereunto thou wast called, and didst confess the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.
Thou therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
But be thou sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill thy ministry.
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith:
Whosoever he be that shall rebel against thy commandment, and shall not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage.
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:
Be sober, be watchful: your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
(Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.)
Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.