Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
But now you also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.
And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like to clear glass. And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, ...
At dusk, a grizzled old man was sitting among the ashes. His bare skin was covered with sore boils and these boils were festering and oozing pus, which was too horrifying. Seen from the look on his face, the old man was extremely grieved but he was very sil...
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
