And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then you shall help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for you, then I will come and help you.
And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon.
Be of good courage, and let us act like men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and may the LORD do that which seems good to him.
In what place therefore you hear the sound of the trumpet, come there to us: our God shall fight for us.
But I have prayed for you, that your faith does not fail: and when you are converted, strengthen your brethren.
We then who are strong ought to bear with the concerns of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.