He that leadeth into captivity shall go
into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword.
Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.
BSB
“If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must be killed.” Here is a call for the perseverance and faith of the saints.
WEB
If anyone is to go into captivity, he will go into captivity. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, he must be killed. Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.
YLT
if any one a captivity doth gather, into captivity he doth go away; if any one by sword doth kill, it behoveth him by sword to be killed; here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.
F.O.G Original
(10) If anybody into captivity, into captivity they go away, if anybody kills in sword, in sword they’re killed, herein is covenant-love and the faith of the holy ones.
F.O.G
(10) If anybody into captivity, into captivity they go away, if anybody kills in sword, in sword they’re killed, herein is covenant-love and the faith of the holy ones.
F.O.G MSG
¹⁰”If anyone is to go into captivity, into captivity they will go. If anyone is to be killed with the sword, with the sword they will be killed.” This calls for patient endurance and faithfulness on the part of God’s peopleᶠ.
Footnotes:
¹⁰ᶠ Patient endurance: This divine declaration calls believers to trust God’s justice rather than resist with violence during persecution.