Therefore, my beloved siblings, y’all must stand firm, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because y’all know that y’all’s labor in the Lord is not in vain.
Only be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded you. Don’t turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may have good success wherever you go.
David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed, for YHWH God, even my God, is with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you, until all the work for the service of the house of YHWH is finished.
For God is not unjust. Hᴇ will not forget y’all’s work and the love y’all have shown toward ʜɪꜱ name by serving the saints and continuing to serve them.
But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door, and pray to your Father who is in secret. Then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
He said, “Greatly beloved man, don’t be afraid. Peace be to you. Y’all must be strong-strong!” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened, and said, “Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.”
But y’all should love y’all’s enemies, and y’all should do good and lend expecting nothing in return. Then y’all’s reward will be great, and y’all will be children of the Most High, because ʜᴇ is kind toward the unthankful and evil.
“Be careful that y’all don’t practice your* acts of righteousness before humans to be seen by them, or else y’all have no reward from your* Father who is in heaven.
Therefore Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he followed YHWH, the God of Israel wholeheartedly.
Amariah the chief priest is over y’all in all matters of YHWH, and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all the king’s matters. Also the Levites will be officers before y’all. Y’all are to be strong in your duties, and may YHWH be with those who do good.”
“Y’all are to be strong and courageous. Y’all must not be afraid or dismayed because of the king of Assyria, nor for all the horde who is with him, for there is a greater one with us than with him.
YHWH says: “Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears, for your work will be rewarded,” says YHWH. “They will come again from the land of the enemy.
YHWH Almighty says: “Let y’all’s hands be strong, y’all who are listening in these days to these words from the mouth of the prophets who were there the day that the foundation of the house of YHWH Almighty was laid, even the temple, so that it might be built.