4 Therefore ^cwe ourselves boast about you ^din the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith ^ein all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring.

14 For you, brothers, ⁿbecame imitators of ^othe churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For ^pyou suffered the same things from your own countrymen ^qas they did from the Jews,¹

Live as You Are Called

17 Only let each person lead the life^{1 l}that the Lord has assigned to him, and to which God has called him. ^mThis is my rule in ⁿall the churches.

32 ^vGive no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to ^wthe church of God,