Here’s a great word for you from the Greek language of the New Testament. The word is “Katartizo” (kat-ar-tid’zo – (#2675 in the Strong’s Concordance). It is used in Galatians 6:1; “Brethren, if any man be overtaken (or caught up) in a fault (or trespass), ye which are spiritual, Katartitzo (restore) such a one in the spirit of meekness: considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.” We are limited in the English language for the translation of this word.

The essence of Katartitzo is that of a “curing or mending” word. Like a surgeon would set a broken limb, a fisherman mending a torn net, a king equipping a warrior with weapons, it means to give to someone something that is missing, or something that they lack. It is executing a repair or reviving something so it can be effective again. Katartitzo is an encouraging word. 

The idea of this verse is the process of confronting a guilty person who has been tripped or has fallen. The goal in the confrontation is to restore (katartitzo) that person. It’s to be done in the spirit of “meekness, temperance, and gentleness” (Gal 5:22, 23). So many times, we see brethren caught in a sin, and in our zeal of confronting them and drive them to a place where restoration is impossible. This verse teaches us that we are to confront in a spirit of gentleness, lest we also be tempted. Put yourself in their shoes, for next time it could be you. The purpose is to restore not cripple.

Our goal should be to create a “mending” home for our children and loved ones in a world where shattered and broken homes are all around us. Katartitzo, great word isn’t it?

This generation of people are divided over politics, religion, morality and personal hurts which has destroyed many families. 

The next time you find yourself in a situation where a friend or family is overtaken in a fault, here is your remedy and what God wants us to do; “Brethren, if any man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore (katartitzo) such a one in the spirit of meekness: considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.” – Galatians 6:1

THROUGH THE RECONCILIATION MADE BY CHRIST  

"Faith consists not in ignorance, but in knowledge - knowledge not of God merely...but when we recognize God as a propitious Father through the reconciliation made by Christ, and Christ as given to us for righteousness, sanctification, and life."  

- John Calvin (1509-1564) French Theologian

GOD RECONCILING THE WORLD TO HIMSELF  

"That God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation."  

-2 Corinthians 5:19

CHRIST GAVE US THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILLIATION

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."

- 2 Corinthians 5:11-21

RECONCILED THROUGH THE BLOOD OF CHRIST  

"Let a man be right with God, reconciled through the blood of the cross, humbled at the foot of Calvary; let him be broken, coming to God guilty and hopeless and needy; and at that moment God takes hold of him and transforms and uses all his gifts and qualities, until that man becomes a mighty influence. But he has first to come down from his ladder of pride to the very foot of the cross.”  

- Alan Redpath (1907–1989), American Evangelist, Pastor, Author

RECONCILE WITH YOUR BROTHER

"Leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift."

- Matthew 5:24

GOD AND SINNERS RECONCILED  

"Hark the herald angels sing, "Glory to the new-born king." Peace on earth, and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled!"  

- Charles Wesley (1707–1788) English Minister. and Hymnwriter 

SUFFERING FROM THE HAND OF RECONCILIATION

"Your afflictions may only prove that you are more immediately under the Father's hand. There is no time that the patient is such an object of tender interest to the surgeon, as when he is bleeding beneath his knife. So, you may be sure if you are suffering from the hand of a reconciled God, that His eye is all the more bent on you."

- Robert Murray McCheyne (1813-1843) Church of Scotland Minister

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"For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life." - Proverbs 9:11

WITH THE LORD A DAY IS LIKE A THOUSAND YEARS

"But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."

- 2 Peter 3:8–9 

EVERY YEAR OF MY LIFE

"Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false."

- Richard Cecil (1748–1810) Evangelical Anglican Clergyman

SO, JACOB SERVED SEVEN YEARS FOR RACHEL 

"So, Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her."

- Genesis 29:20

A RULE I HAVE FOR THE YEAR

"A rule I have had for years is: to treat the Lord Jesus Christ as a personal friend. His is not a creed, a mere doctrine, but it is He Himself we have."

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

IN THE 99TH YEAR OF HIS REIGN

"In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet, and his disease became severe. Yet even in his disease he did not seek the LORD, but sought help from physicians."

- 2 Chronicles 16:12

LET THEM BE SIGNS FOR DAYS AND YEARS

And God said, “Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night. And let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days and years."

- Genesis 1:14

SHALL SARAH, WHO IS BORN 90 YEARS OLF, BEAR A CHILD? 

"Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said to himself, “Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?”

- Genesis 17:17

INDIVIDUALS FROM TWENTY YEARS AND UPWARD 

"These were the sons of Levi by their fathers’ houses, the heads of fathers’ houses as they were listed according to the number of the names of the individuals from twenty years old and upward who were to do the work for the service of the house of the LORD."

- 1 Chronicles 23:24 

AGAINST WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN ANGRY THESE SEVENTY YEARS

Then the angel of the LORD said, ‘O LORD of hosts, how long will you have no mercy on Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, against which you have been angry these seventy years?’

- Zechariah 1:12

AARON WAS 123 YEARS OLD WHEN HE DIED

"And Aaron was 123 years old when he died on Mount Hor."

- Numbers 33:39

NOTHING OF ETERNAL SIGNIFICANCE TO SHOW FOR THE YEARS

"And people who do not know the Lord ask why in the world we waste our lives as missionaries. They forget that they too are expending their lives, and when the bubble has burst they will have nothing of eternal significance to show for the years they have wasted."

- Nathanael Saint (1923–1956) Christian Missionary Pilot killed in Ecuador

REIGNED WITH HIM A THOUSAND YEARS

"Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom the authority to judge was committed. Also, I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years."

- Revelation 20:4

AND THEY WILL REIGN WITH THEM A THOUSAND YEARS  

"Blessed and holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection! Over such the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years."

- Revelation 20:6

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"Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him." - James 1:12 

YOUR FAITH PRODUCES STEADFASTNESS  

"For you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness." 

- James 1:3     

THE LORD COMMANDS HIS STEADFAST  

"By day the LORD commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life."  

- Psalm 42:8

HIS STEADFAST LOVE ENDURES FOREVER  

"Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!"

- Psalm 1307:1

FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR STEADFAST LOVE  

"Turn, O LORD, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love."  

- Psalm 6:4 

THANK THE LORD FOR HIS STEADFAST LOVE  

"Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction. Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love, for his wondrous works to the children of man!"  

- Psalm 107:19-21 

YOUR STEADFAST LOVE GIVE ME LIFE  

"In your steadfast love give me life, that I may keep the testimonies of your mouth."  

- Psalm 119:88   

THE STEADFASTNESS OF CHRIST  

"May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the steadfastness of Christ."  

- 2 Thessalonians 3:5

HIS STEADFAST LOVE ENDURES FOREVER  

"When all the people of Israel saw the fire come down and the glory of the Lord on the temple, they bowed down with their faces to the ground on the pavement and worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord, saying, “For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever.”  

- 2 Chronicles 7:3  

LET STEADFASTNESS HAVE ITS FULL EFFECT  

"And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing."  

- James 1:4

MY HEART, O GOD, IS STEADFAST  

"My heart, O God, is steadfast, my heart is steadfast; I will sing and make music. Awake, my soul! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn. I will praise you, Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples. For great is your love, reaching to the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies."  

- Psalm 57:7-10 

BE STEADFAST IN ALL YOUR WAYS 

"Give careful thought to the paths for your feet and be steadfast in all your ways."  

- Proverbs 4:26

ABUNDANCE OF YOUR STEADFAST LOVE  

"But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house. I will bow down toward your holy temple in the fear of you."  

- Psalm 5:7 

FIRMLY ESTABLISHED AND STEADFAST  

"If indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister."  

- Colossians 1:23

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“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.” – 3rd John 4

There was once a holy man who was sitting staring intently into what he was holding in the palm of his hand. A young boy who had passed by the man earlier in the day noticed the man still seated in the same place staring intently at what he was holding in his hand. Curious, like most boys his age, he approached the man to see what he was looking at…

The man was holding a butterfly cocoon. He told the boy that he was going to watch the miracle transformation of this cocoon into a butterfly… The boy’s interest heightened. Excitedly, He asked the man if he could have the cocoon. The holy man looked at the young boy with wisdom and said, “I will give you the cocoon under ‘one’ condition.” “Anything!” shouted the boy.

The man told him, “When the cocoon starts to shake, and the butterfly struggles to get out, under NO circumstances are you to help it.” The boy agreed, took the cocoon and found a spot to sit and wait for this miracle of life. When the cocoon starts to shake, and the butterfly struggles to get out, under NO circumstances are you to help it.” The boy agreed, took the cocoon and found a spot to sit and wait for this miracle of life. He took the cocoon and found a spot to sit and wait for this miracle of life. 

After a short while, the cocoon started to move, then shake, it started to open, then the boy saw that the butterfly was struggling to get out… he panicked… and then helped the butterfly by opening part of the cocoon. This beautiful butterfly flew straight up into the sky…. then… fell straight down onto the ground dead.

The boy picked up the butterfly, and ran back to where the man was still seated… In tears, he showed the man the dead butterfly… The man said, “You helped it didn’t you?”

The holy man explained to the young boy that the butterfly strengthened its wing through its struggle to get out of the cocoon. By helping it, its wings didn’t develop to be strong enough to survive.

I like this story. As parents, there will be hard times when we have to let our children struggle, so they can develop their own wings for when they go out and fly on their own in this world. Doesn’t the Lord do the same with us?  He sees us in our struggles and probably wants to step in and help us when He sees us struggling. In times when you struggle in this life and there seems to be no end or reason for your struggle, remember the lesson the little boy in our story learned. By allowing you to struggle in your present situation the Lord may be developing and strengthening your wings for His purpose and to help carry you through this life.

GIVE UP THE STRUGGLE  

"Give up the struggle and the fight; relax in the omnipotence of the Lord Jesus; look up into His lovely face and as you behold Him, He will transform you into His likeness. You do the beholding--He does the transforming. There is no short-cut to holiness."  

- Alan Redpath (1907–1989), American Evangelist, Pastor, Author

WHAT TO DO ABOUT OUR PROBLEMS  

"What then are we to do about our problems? We must learn to live with them until such time as God delivers us from them. We must pray for grace to endure them without murmuring. Problems patiently endured will work for our spiritual perfecting. They harm us only when we resist them or endure them unwillingly." 

-  A. W. Tozer (1897-1963) American Pastor and Teacher

STRUGGLING FAITH  

"There are three kinds of faith in Christ: 1. Struggling faith, like a man in deep water desperately swimming. 2. Clinging faith, like a man hanging to the side of a boat. 3. Resting faith, like a man safely within the boat (and able to reach out with a hand to help someone else get in)."  

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

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"Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things." - Philippians 4:8

I MYSELF, IN MY MIND

"Thanks be to God, who delivers me through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself in my mind am a slave to God’s law, but in my sinful nature a slave to the law of sin."

- Romans 7:25

SOME PEOPLE THINK GOD DOES NOT LIKE TO BE TROUBLED

"Some people think God does not like to be troubled with our constant coming and asking. The way

to trouble God is not to come at all." 

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

BY CHANGING THE WAY YOU THINK

"Do not copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect."

-Romans 12:2

WHATEVER SOME MAY THINK

"We are convinced that all of our race who die in infancy partake in the redemption wrought out by our Lord Jesus. Whatever some may think, we believe that the whole spirit and tone of the Word of God, as well as the nature of God Himself, lead us to believe that all who leave this world as babes are saved."

- Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892) English Baptist Preacher 

DISCERNING THE THOUGHTS AND INTENTIONS OF THE HEART

"For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart."

- Hebrews 4:12

THINKING OR IMAGINING ANYTHING THAT IS NOT

"A sin...consists in doing, saying, thinking, or imagining anything that is not in perfect conformity with the mind and law of God." 

- J. C. Ryle (1816-1900) English Anglican Bishop  

THE CHRISTIAN DOES NOT THINK GOD WILL LOVE US BECAUSE

"The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.”

- C. S. Lewis (1898-1963) Irish Writer and Scholar 

IF ANYONE THINKS THAT HE IS WISE

"Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise."

1 Corinthians 3:18

WE MUST NOT THINK THAT GOD TAKES NO NOTICE OF US

"We must not think that [God] takes no notice of us, when He does not answer our wishes: for He has a right to distinguish what we actually need."

- John Calvin (1509-1564) French Theologian, Minister

SET YOUR MINDS ON THE THINGS OF THE SPIRIT

"For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace." 

- Romans 8:5-6

THINKING OF THE INTERESTS OF THE LORD JESUS

"All that we can do is to walk with vigilance, but peacefully, thinking of the interests of the Lord Jesus; as to ourselves having nothing to gain and nothing to lose. The path of peace, the place of testimony, is to seek to please God."  

- John Nelson Darby (1800-82) Irish Bible Teacher and Evangelist

THEREFORE, PREPARING YOUR MINDS FOR ACTION

"Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ."

- 1 Peter 1:13

YOU THINK THIS IS A GREAT MYSTERY

"When Christ delays to help His saints now, you think this is a great mystery, you cannot explain it; but Jesus sees the end from the beginning. Be still and know that Christ is God."

- Robert Murray M'Cheyne (1813-1843) Church of Scotland Minister

NOT TO THINK HIMSELF MORE HIGHLY

"For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned."

Romans 12:3

THE SINNERS WHO THINK THEY ARE RIGHTEOUS

"There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous."

- Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) French Mathematician, Physicist, Religious Philosopher

MORE ABUNDANTLY THAN WE ASK OR THINK

"Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us."

- Ephesians 3:20  

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They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.”

- Acts 16:31

WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM

"Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son."  

- John 3:18

AND BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART  

"That if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved." 

- Romans 10:9

BELIEVING, YOU WILL RECEIVE  

"And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.” 

- Mark 11:24

BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED 

"Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you."  

- Matthew 21:22

TO EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES 

"For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes."  

- Romans 10:4

BLESSED ARE THEY WHO  

Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed.” 

 John 20:29

SO THAT YOU MAY BELIEVE  

"But these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name."  

- Mark 9:23

THIS IS THE WORK OF GOD  

"Jesus answered and said to them, this is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent.” 

- John 6:29

AND PEACE IN BELIEVING  

"Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."  

- Romans 15:13

TRUST IS FIRM BELIEF  

"Trust is faith that has become absolute, approved, and accomplished. When all is said and done, there is a sort of risk in faith and its exercise. But trust is firm belief; it is faith in full bloom. Trust is a conscious act, a fact of which we are aware."  

- E. M. Bounds (1835–1913) American Clergyman, Author

BELIEVING AND CONFESSING GO TOGETHER  

"Believing and confessing go together; and you cannot be be saved without you take them both. "With the mouth confession is made unto salvation." If you ever see the kingdom of heaven you have to take this way."  

- D. L. Moody (1837-1899) American Evangelist, Teacher and Preacher

THIS IS HIS COMMANDMENT   

"This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us."  

- 1 John 3:23

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THE WITNESS OF POOR BETTY

There once lived in one of our large cities a Poor Coloured woman, named Betty, who had been confined by sickness for nearly twenty years. By the few friends who knew her she was familiarly called poor Betty. She had seen comfortable days, but had long been blind, and was said to be one hundred and five years old.

Mr. Barr was a man of wealth and business in the same city. His signature was better than silver on the exchange, because it was more easily transferred. His sails whitened the ocean, his charity gladdened many hearts, and his family gave impulse to many benevolent operations. Notwithstanding the pressure of business, Mr. Barr often found time to drop in an see what became of poor Betty. His voice, and even his step had become familiar to her, and always lighted up a smile on her dark, wrinkled face, as he often said some pleasant things to cheer this lonely pilgrim on her way to Zion.

One day Mr. Barr took a friend from the country to see Betty. As he stopped and entered the cottage, he said, "Ah, Betty, you are alive yet."  "Yes, tank God," said Betty. "Betty," said he, "why do you suppose God keeps you so long in this world, poor and sick, and blind, when you might go to heaven and enjoy so much?" 

While Mr. Barr's tone and manner were half sportive, he yet uttered a serious though which had more than once come over her mind. Now comes the sermon.

Betty assumed her most serious and animated tone and replied, "Ah, massa, you no understand it. dare be two great things to do for the church; one be to pray for it, toder be to act for it.  Now massa, God keep me alive to pray for de Church, and He keep you alive to act for it. Your great gifts no do much good, massa, without poor Betty's prayers."

For a few moments Mr. Barr and his friend stood silent, thrilled, and astonished. They felt the knowledge, the dignity, the moral sublimity of this short sermon. It seemed to draw aside the veil a little and let them into heaven's mysteries. "Yes, Betty" replied Mr. Barr, in the most serious and subdued tones, "your prayers are of more importance to the church than my alms." This short sermon preached by poor Betty, was never forgotten by Mr. Barr and his friend. It made them more prayerful, more submissive to afflictions.

- Moral and Religious Anecdotes by Norman Islay Macleod C. 1870s

YOUR AFFLICTIONS ARE NOT ETERNAL

"Your afflictions are not eternal, time will end them, and so shall ye at length see the Lord's salvation; His love sleepeth not, is still in working for you; His salvation will not tarry nor linger; and suffering for Him is the noblest cross out of heaven. Your Lord hath the choice of ten thousand other crosses, besides this, to exercise you withal; but His wisdom and His love choosed you out this for you, beside them all; and take it as a choice one, and make use of it. Let the Lord absolutely have the ordering of your evils and troubles, and put them off you, by recommending your cross and furnace to Him, who hath the skill to melt His own metal, and knoweth well what to do with His furnace."

- Samuel Rutheford (1600-61) Scottish Presbyterian Pastor

MANY ARE THE AFLLICTIONS OF THE RIGHTEOUS

"Many are the afflictions of the righteous one, and Lord Jehovah delivers him from all of them. And he will keep all his bones that not one of them will be broken."

- Psalm 34:19-20 

CRUSHED BY THEIR AFFLICTIONS  

"Ice on trees will bend many a branch to the point of breaking.  Similarly, I see a great many people bowed down and crushed by their afflictions.  Yet every now and then I meet someone who sings in affliction, and then I thank God for my own circumstance as well as his.  There is never a song more beautiful than that which is sung in the night.  You may remember the story of a woman who, when her only child died, looked toward heaven as with the face of an angel and said, “I give you joy, my sweet child.”  That solitary, simple sentence has stayed with me for many years, often energizing and comforting me."  

- Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) American Clergyman and Scholar 

AFFLICTION BRINGS OUT GRACES  

"Affliction brings out graces that cannot be seen in a time of health. It is the treading of the grapes that brings out the sweet juices of the vine; so, it is affliction that draws forth submission, weanedness from the world, and complete rest in God. Use afflictions while you have them."  

- Robert Murray McCheyne (1813-1843) Church of Scotland Minister

NO TRIAL HAS OVERTAKEN YOU

"No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it."

- 1 Corinthians 10:13

THOSE DAYS SHALL BE AFFLICTION  

"For [in] those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be." 

 - Mark 13:19

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