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2 Thess. 3:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But ye, brethren, βbe notc weary in well doing.

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faint not.

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1 Cor. 15:58• ⁵⁸So then, my beloved brethren, be firm, immovable, abounding always in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord. (1 Cor. 15:58)

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Isa. 40:30‑31• ³⁰Even the youths shall faint and shall tire, and the young men shall stumble and fall;
³¹but they that wait upon Jehovah shall renew their strength: they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not tire; they shall walk, and not faint. (Isa. 40:30‑31)

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Mal. 1:13• ¹³And ye say, Behold, what a weariness! And ye have puffed at it, saith Jehovah of hosts, and ye bring that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye bring the oblation: should I accept this of your hand? saith Jehovah. (Mal. 1:13)

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Rom. 2:7• ⁷to them who, in patient continuance of good works, seek for glory and honour and incorruptibility, life eternal. (Rom. 2:7)

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1 Cor. 15:28• ²⁸But when all things shall have been brought into subjection to him, then the Son also himself shall be placed in subjection to him who put all things in subjection to him, that God may be all in all.) (1 Cor. 15:28)

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Gal. 6:9‑10• ⁹but let us not lose heart in doing good; for in due time, if we do not faint, we shall reap.
¹⁰So then, as we have occasion, let us do good towards all, and specially towards those of the household of faith. (Gal. 6:9‑10)

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Phil. 1:9• ⁹And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in full knowledge and all intelligence, (Phil. 1:9)

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1 Thess. 4:1• ¹For the rest, then, brethren, we beg you and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, even as ye have received from us how ye ought to walk and please God, even as ye also do walk, that ye would abound still more. (1 Thess. 4:1)

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Heb. 12:3• ³For consider well him who endured so great contradiction from sinners against himself, that ye be not weary, fainting in your minds. (Heb. 12:3)

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Deut. 20:8• ⁸And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and shall say, What man is there that is timid and faint-hearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart melt as well as his heart. (Deut. 20:8)

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Psa. 27:13• ¹³Unless I had believed to see the goodness of Jehovah in the land of the living …! (Psa. 27:13)

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Isa. 40:29• ²⁹He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might he increaseth strength. (Isa. 40:29)

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Zeph. 3:16• ¹⁶In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear not; Zion, let not thy hands be slack. (Zeph. 3:16)

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Zeph. 3• (Zeph. 3)

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Luke 18:1• ¹And he spoke also a parable to them to the purport that they should always pray and not faint, (Luke 18:1)

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2 Cor. 4:1,16• ¹Therefore, having this ministry, as we have had mercy shewn us, we faint not.
¹⁶Wherefore we faint not; but if indeed our outward man is consumed, yet the inward is renewed day by day. (2 Cor. 4:1,16)

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Heb. 12:5• ⁵And ye have quite forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when reproved by him; (Heb. 12:5)

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Rev. 2:3• ³and endurest, and hast borne for my name's sake, and hast not wearied: (Rev. 2:3)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But *ye*, brethren, do not faint in well-doing.

W. Kelly Translation

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But ye, brethren, faint not in well-doinga.

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The word (kalopoiountes) "well-doing" in itself nor its usage admits of the sense of doing good in acts of beneficence to others. Honorable and upright practice is the point here.