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What does it mean?
Staying firm and faithful through suffering leads to great glory.
In plain terms
If you hold strong through pain, you achieve greatness.
What can you take from it?
Perseverance through suffering brings honor.

Where it applies

  • struggle
  • leadership
  • activism

Putting it to work

  • stay faithful under pressure
  • endure hardship

Questions to consider

  • What have you endured without giving in?
  • Where do you find the strength to persist?

Another view

Not all who endure suffering achieve glory.

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