Matius 13:21

13:21 But he has no root in himself and does not endure; ¹  when ²  trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away.

Kisah Para Rasul 14:22

14:22 They strengthened ³  the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue ⁴  in the faith, saying, “We must enter the kingdom ⁵  of God through many persecutions.” ⁶ 

Kisah Para Rasul 14:2

14:2 But the Jews who refused to believe ⁷  stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds ⁸  against the brothers.

Titus 1:12

1:12 A certain one of them, in fact, one of their own prophets, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.” ⁹ 

[13:21]  ¹ tn Grk “is temporary.”

[13:21]  ² tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

[14:22]  ³ tn Grk “to Antioch, strengthening.” Due to the length of the Greek sentence and the tendency of contemporary English to use shorter sentences, a new sentence was started here. This participle (ἐπιστηρίζοντες, episthrizonte") and the following one (παρακαλοῦντες, parakalounte") have been translated as finite verbs connected by the coordinating conjunction “and.”

[14:22]  ⁴ sn And encouraged them to continue. The exhortations are like those noted in Acts 11:23; 13:43. An example of such a speech is found in Acts 20:18-35. Christianity is now characterized as “the faith.”

[14:22]  ⁵ sn This reference to the kingdom of God clearly refers to its future arrival.

[14:22]  ⁶ tn Or “sufferings.”

[14:2]  ⁷ tn Or “who would not believe.”

[14:2]  ⁸ tn Or “embittered their minds” (Grk “their souls”). BDAG 502 s.v. κακόω 2 has “make angry, embitter τὰς ψυχάς τινων κατά τινος poison the minds of some persons against another Ac 14:2.”

[1:12]  ⁹ sn A saying attributed to the poet Epimenides of Crete (6th century b.c.).