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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• ⁵⁸Wherefore, my brethren beloved, be firm, immoveable, abounding in the work of the Lord always, knowing that your toil is not empty 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 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 be weary; 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 Jehovah 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 Jehovah. (Mal. 1:13)

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Rom. 2:7• ⁷to those that with patience in good work seek for glory and honour and incorruption, eternal life; (Rom. 2:7)

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1 Cor. 15:28• ²⁸But when all things shall have been subjected to him, then also the Son himself will be subjected to him that subjected all things to him, that God may be all in all. (1 Cor. 15:28)

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Gal. 6:9‑10• ⁹But in well-doing let us not be faint-hearted, for in due time we shall reap, if we do not faint.
¹⁰So then, as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all, and especially toward 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• ¹Further, then, brethren, we beseech and exhort you in the Lord Jesus that, as ye received from us how ye ought to walk and please God, even as also ye do walk, ye abound still more. (1 Thess. 4:1)

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

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Deut. 20:8• ⁸{i}And 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.{/i} (Deut. 20:8)

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Psa. 27:13• ¹³If I had not trusted{HR}To look upon the goodness of Jehovah{HR}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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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• ¹On this account, having this ministry, according as we obtained mercy, we faint not,
¹⁶Wherefore we fail not; but even if our outer man is consuming, yet the inner is being renewed day by day. (2 Cor. 4:1,16)

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Heb. 12:5• ⁵And ye have quite forgotten the exhortation the which discourseth with you as sons, My son, regard not lightly Jehovah's chastening, nor faint when reproved of him: (Heb. 12:5)

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Rev. 2:3• ³and hast patience, and hast borne for my name's sake, and art 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.

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.