Apart from other things, ¹  there is the daily pressure on me of my anxious concern ²  for all the churches.

Therefore no fear of me should terrify you, nor should my pressure ¹  be heavy on you. ² 

because of what the enemy says, ¹  and because of how the wicked ²  pressure me, ³  for they hurl trouble ⁴  down upon me ⁵  and angrily attack me.

When he made ¹  the force of the wind and measured ²  the waters with a gauge.

Distress and hardship confront ¹  me, yet I find delight in your commands.

If you faint ¹  in the day of trouble, ²  your strength is small! ³ 

because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, ¹  not even under force. ² 

But how can I alone bear up under the burden of your hardship and strife?

Inside I am like wine which has no outlet, ¹  like new wineskins ²  ready to burst!

Not ¹  only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

Even though she continued to speak ¹  to Joseph day after day, he did not respond ²  to her invitation to have sex with her. ³ 

For day and night you tormented me; ¹  you tried to destroy me ²  in the intense heat ³  of summer. ⁴  (Selah)

But the gate is narrow and the way is difficult that leads to life, and there are few who find it.

that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth ¹  of their generosity.

For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality.

Each one of you should give ¹  just as he has decided in his heart, ²  not reluctantly ³  or under compulsion, ⁴  because God loves a cheerful giver.

However, ¹  without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your good deed would not be out of compulsion, but from your own willingness.

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted by evil, ¹  and he himself tempts no one.

The rest ¹  turned and ran toward the wilderness, heading toward the cliff of Rimmon. But the Israelites ²  caught ³  five thousand of them on the main roads. They stayed right on their heels ⁴  all the way to Gidom and struck down two thousand more.