Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
The strength of religious principle is heightened by misfortune. The pious shall take fresh courage to persevere from the example of suffering Job. The image is from a warrior acquiring new courage in action (Isaiah 40:30-31; Philippians 1:14).
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1 Timothy 2:8
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