Incentivo

26 Jesus looked at them and said, »With men this is impossible, but with God everything is possible.«

23 »If I possibly can!'« replied Jesus; »why, everything is possible to him who believes.«

3 And not only so: we also exult in our sufferings, knowing as we do, that suffering produces fortitude;

4 fortitude, ripeness of character; and ripeness of character, hope;

5 and that this hope never disappoints, because God's love for us floods our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

33 »I have spoken all this to you in order that in me you may have peace. In the world you have affliction. But keep up your courage: I have won the victory over the world.«

16 Therefore we are not cowards. Nay, even though our outward man is wasting away, yet our inward man is being renewed day by day.

17 For this our light and transitory burden of suffering is achieving for us a preponderating, yes, a vastly preponderating, and eternal weight of glory;

18 while we look not at things seen, but things unseen; for things seen are temporary, but things unseen are eternal.

13 I have strength for anything through Him who gives me power.

31 What then shall we say to this? If God is on our side, who is there to appear against us?

10 Dismiss your fears concerning all that you are about to suffer. I tell you that the Devil is about to throw some of you into prison that you may be put to the test, and for ten days you will have to endure persecution. Be faithful to the End, even if you have to die, and then I will give you the victor's Wreath of Life.

35 Therefore do not cast from you your confident hope, for it will receive a vast reward.

7 For the Spirit which God has given us is not a spirit of cowardice, but one of power and of love and of sound judgement.

9 But –to use the words of Scripture– we speak of things which eye has not seen nor ear heard, and which have never entered the heart of man: all that God has in readiness for them that love Him.