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 

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Because of the impending crisis I think it best for you to remain as you are.

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

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 

The slave masters were pressuring ¹  them, saying, “Complete ²  your work for each day, just like when there was straw!”

If you do this thing, and God so commands you, ¹  then you will be able ²  to endure, ³  and all these people ⁴  will be able to go ⁵  home ⁶  satisfied.” ⁷ 

She nagged him ¹  every day and pressured him until he was sick to death of it. ² 

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

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

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