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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• ⁵⁸Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor 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 be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
³¹But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. (Isa. 40:30‑31)

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Mal. 1:13• 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. (Mal. 1:13)

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Rom. 2:7• ⁷To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life: (Rom. 2:7)

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1 Cor. 15:28• 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. (1 Cor. 15:28)

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Gal. 6:9‑10• ⁹And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
¹⁰As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are 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 knowledge and in all judgment; (Phil. 1:9)

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1 Thess. 4:1• 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. (1 Thess. 4:1)

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Heb. 12:3• ³For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. (Heb. 12:3)

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Deut. 20:8• 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. (Deut. 20:8)

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Psa. 27:13• ¹³I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. (Psa. 27:13)

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Isa. 40:29• ²⁹He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have 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 thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. (Zeph. 3:16)

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Zeph. 3• (Zeph. 3)

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Luke 18:1• ¹And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; (Luke 18:1)

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2 Cor. 4:1,16• ¹Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;
¹⁶For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. (2 Cor. 4:1,16)

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Heb. 12:5• 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: (Heb. 12:5)

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Rev. 2:3• ³And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast labored, and hast not fainted. (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.

WK Translation Notes

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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.