victory

⁴For the Lord your God is in your midst, and he will contend against your enemies on your behalf, so that he may rescue you from peril.’

⁵⁷But thanks be to God, who has given us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹³Everything is possible in him who has strengthened me.

³³These things I have spoken to you, so that you may have peace in me. In the world, you will have difficulties. But have confidence: I have overcome the world.”

¹³Temptation should not take hold of you, except what is human. For God is faithful, and he will not permit you to be tempted beyond your ability. Instead, he will effect his Providence, even during temptation, so that you may be able to bear it.

¹⁴In God, we will act virtuously, and he will bring our enemies to nothing.

¹²Blessed is the man who suffers temptation. For when he has been proven, he shall receive the crown of life which God has promised to those who love him. ¹³No one should say, when he is tempted, that he was tempted by God. For God does not entice toward evils, and he himself tempts no one. ¹⁴Yet truly, each one is tempted by his own desires, having been enticed and drawn away.

¹“If you go out to battle against your enemies, and you see horsemen and chariots, and that the multitude of your adversary’s army is greater than your own, you shall not fear them. For the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, is with you. ²Then, as the battle now draws near, the priest shall stand before the front ranks, and he shall speak to the people in this manner: ³‘Listen, O Israel! Today you engage in a battle against your enemies. Do not let your heart be overwhelmed with fear. Do not be apprehensive. Do not yield. You should have no dread of them. ⁴For the Lord your God is in your midst, and he will contend against your enemies on your behalf, so that he may rescue you from peril.’

⁹And he said to me: “My grace is sufficient for you. For virtue is perfected in weakness.” And so, willingly shall I glory in my weaknesses, so that the virtue of Christ may live within me. ¹⁰Because of this, I am pleased in my infirmity: in reproaches, in difficulties, in persecutions, in distresses, for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am powerful.

³⁷But in all these things we overcome, because of him who has loved us.

¹⁰Concerning the rest, brothers, be strengthened in the Lord, by the power of his virtue.

⁴For all that is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that overcomes the world: our faith.

¹³Because of this, take up the armor of God, so that you may be able to withstand the evil day and remain perfect in all things.

²⁶But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will suggest to you everything whatsoever that I have said to you.

¹⁶For the just one will fall seven times, and he shall rise again. But the impious will fall into evil.

¹⁴But thanks be to God, who always brings triumph to us in Christ Jesus, and who manifests the fragrance of his knowledge through us in every place.