9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Spiritual Warfare

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Chr 22:13 — Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed.
• 1Chr 28:10 — Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
• 1Chr 28:20 — And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until
• 1Cor 16:13 — Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
• 1Cor 16:13 — Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong.
• 1John 2:13 — I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye hav
• 1John 2:14 — I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overc
• 1John 4:4 — Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
• 1Kgs 2:2 — I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man;
• 1Pet 3:8 — Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous:
• 1Pet 4:11 — If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be p
• 1Pet 5:10 — But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
• 1Sam 4:9 — Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.
• 1Sam 23:16 — And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
• 1Sam 23:16 — And Jonathan Saul’s son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God.
• 1Tim 6:12 — Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
• 2Chr 15:7 — Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
• 2Chr 15:7 — Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded.
• 2Chr 17:1 — And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel.
• 2Chr 32:7 — Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:
• 2Cor 12:9 — And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon m
• 2Cor 12:10 — Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
• 2Cor 13:11 — Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
• 2Sam 2:7 — Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.
• 2Sam 22:33 — God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect.
• 2Tim 2:1 — Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
• 2Tim 2:1 — Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
• 2Tim 4:17 — Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
• Col 1:11 — Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
• Col 1:11 — Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
• Deut 11:8 — Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it;
• Deut 20:3 — And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
• Deut 31:6 — Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
• Deut 31:7 — And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their father
• Deut 31:23 — And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
• Deut 33:25 — Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.
• Eph 1:19 — And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
• Eph 1:19 — And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
• Eph 3:16 — That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;
• Eph 3:16 — That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;