Joy In Sufferings

And not only <FI>so<Fi> , but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance; — read the full passage →

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold; — read the full passage →

but, according as ye have fellowship with the sufferings of the Christ, rejoice ye, that also in the revelation of his glory ye may rejoice--exulting;

And not only <FI>so<Fi> , but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance;

in the hope rejoicing; in the tribulation enduring; in the prayer persevering;

wherefore I am well pleased in infirmities, in damages, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses--for Christ; for whenever I am infirm, then I am powerful;

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us;

I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and do fill up the things lacking of the tribulations of the Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the assembly,

And the God of all grace, who did call you to His age-during glory in Christ Jesus, having suffered a little, Himself make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle <FI>you<Fi> ;

And not only <FI>so<Fi> , but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance; — read the full passage →

`Peace I leave to you; my peace I give to you, not according as the world doth give do I give to you; let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be afraid;

In the abundance of my thoughts within me, Thy comforts delight my soul.

to know him, and the power of his rising again, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,

and He said to me, `Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;' most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on me:

because to you it was granted, on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also on behalf of him to suffer;

Near <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to the broken of heart, And the bruised of spirit He saveth.

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold;

For I reckon that the sufferings of the present time <FI>are<Fi> not worthy <FI>to be compared<Fi> with the glory about to be revealed in us; — read the full passage →

for the momentary light matter of our tribulation, more and more exceedingly an age-during weight of glory doth work out for us--

And we have known that to those loving God all things do work together for good, to those who are called according to purpose;

but if ye also should suffer because of righteousness, happy <FI>are ye<Fi> ! and of their fear be not afraid, nor be troubled,

Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice;

Though the fig-tree doth not flourish, And there is no produce among vines, Failed hath the work of the olive, And fields have not yielded food, Cut off from the fold hath been the flock, And there is no herd in the stalls. — read the full passage →

and all also who will to live piously in Christ Jesus shall be persecuted,

`Happy those persecuted for righteousness' sake--because theirs is the reign of the heavens. — read the full passage →

Beloved, think it not strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening to you, — read the full passage →

of one another the burdens bear ye, and so fill up the law of the Christ,

looking to the author and perfecter of faith--Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him--did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down;

because, as the sufferings of the Christ do abound to us, so through the Christ doth abound also our comfort;

Christ, then, having suffered for us in the flesh, ye also with the same mind arm yourselves, because he who did suffer in the flesh hath done with sin,

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of the mercies, and God of all comfort, — read the full passage →

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

Who shall separate us from the love of the Christ? tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

these things I have spoken to you, that my joy in you may remain, and your joy may be full.

Happy the man who doth endure temptation, because, becoming approved, he shall receive the crown of the life, which the Lord did promise to those loving Him.

Many <FI>are<Fi> the evils of the righteous, Out of them all doth Jehovah deliver him.

Thou causest me to know the path of life; Fulness of joys <FI>is<Fi> with Thy presence, Pleasant things by Thy right hand for ever!

and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes, and the death shall not be any more, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor shall there be any more pain, because the first things did go away.'

in which ye are glad, a little now, if it be necessary, being made to sorrow in manifold trials, — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

for to this ye were called, because Christ also did suffer for you, leaving to you an example, that ye may follow his steps,

they, indeed, then, departed from the presence of the sanhedrim, rejoicing that for his name they were counted worthy to suffer dishonour,

He is despised, and left of men, A man of pains, and acquainted with sickness, And as one hiding the face from us, He is despised, and we esteemed him not.

knowing that the proof of your faith doth work endurance,

For it was becoming to Him, because of whom <FI>are<Fi> the all things, and through whom <FI>are<Fi> the all things, many sons to glory bringing, the author of their salvation through sufferings to make perfect,

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

for this <FI>is<Fi> gracious, if because of conscience toward God any one doth endure sorrows, suffering unrighteously; — read the full passage →

All joy count <FI>it<Fi> , my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold; — read the full passage →

having been confident of this very thing, that He who did begin in you a good work, will perform <FI>it<Fi> till a day of Jesus Christ,

through whom also we have the access by the faith into this grace in which we have stood, and we boast on the hope of the glory of God.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

`Be not afraid of the things that thou art about to suffer; lo, the devil is about to cast of you to prison, that ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten days; become thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of the life.

and if children, also heirs, heirs, indeed, of God, and heirs together of Christ--if, indeed, we suffer together, that we may also be glorified together.

for the law of the Spirit of the life in Christ Jesus did set me free from the law of the sin and of the death;

greater than these things I have no joy, that I may hear of my children in truth walking.

Good for me that I have been afflicted, That I might learn Thy statutes.

for what the law was not able to do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, His own Son having sent in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, did condemn the sin in the flesh,

in which ye are glad, a little now, if it be necessary, being made to sorrow in manifold trials,

whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, now not seeing and believing, ye are glad with joy unspeakable and glorified, — read the full passage →

Beloved, think it not strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening to you, — read the full passage →

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith,

and the God of the hope shall fill you with all joy and peace in the believing, for your abounding in the hope in power of the Holy Spirit.

Having been declared righteous, then, by faith, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ, — read the full passage →

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit; — read the full passage →

And the fruit of the Spirit is: Love, joy, peace, long-suffering, kindness, goodness, faith, — read the full passage →

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

Surely our sicknesses he hath borne, And our pains--he hath carried them, And we--we have esteemed him plagued, Smitten of God, and afflicted.

to the saints in Colossae, and to the faithful brethren in Christ: Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ!

and all chastening for the present, indeed, doth not seem to be of joy, but of sorrow, yet afterward the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those exercised through it--it doth yield.

`And He doth humble thee, and cause thee to hunger and doth cause thee to eat the manna (which thou hast not known, even thy fathers have not known), in order to cause thee to know that not by bread alone doth man live, but by every produce of the mouth of Jehovah man doth live.

`Having obtained, therefore, help from God, till this day, I have stood witnessing both to small and to great, saying nothing besides the things that both the prophets and Moses spake of as about to come, — read the full passage →

as sorrowful, and always rejoicing; as poor, and making many rich; as having nothing, and possessing all things.

to the assembly of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all those calling upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place--both theirs and ours:

and having unclothed him, they put around him a crimson cloak, — read the full passage →

and if I give away to feed others all my goods, and if I give up my body that I may be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.

and whoever doth not receive his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me.

for sufficient to us <FI>is<Fi> the past time of life the will of the nations to have wrought, having walked in lasciviousnesses, desires, excesses of wines, revellings, drinking-bouts, and unlawful idolatries,

as new-born babes the word's pure milk desire ye, that in it ye may grow,

And Job riseth, and rendeth his robe, and shaveth his head, and falleth to the earth, and doth obeisance, — read the full passage →

and these things we write to you, that your joy may be full.

for we are the circumcision, who by the Spirit are serving God, and glorying in Christ Jesus, and in flesh having no trust,

therefore thou mayest not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but do thou suffer evil along with the good news according to the power of God,

and there was great joy in that city.

For--a moment <FI>is<Fi> in His anger, Life <FI>is<Fi> in His good-will, At even remaineth weeping, and at morn singing.

Before I am afflicted, I--I am erring, And now Thy saying I have kept.

that the proof of your faith--much more precious than of gold that is perishing, and through fire being approved--may be found to praise, and honour, and glory, in the revelation of Jesus Christ,

Beloved, think it not strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening to you, — read the full passage →

if ye be reproached in the name of Christ--happy <FI>are ye<Fi> , because the Spirit of glory and of God upon you doth rest; in regard, indeed, to them, he is evil-spoken of, and in regard to you, he is glorified;

No temptation hath taken you--except human; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above what ye are able, but He will make, with the temptation, also the outlet, for your being able to bear <FI>it<Fi> .

to rejoice with the rejoicing, and to weep with the weeping,

If I have said, `My foot hath slipped,' Thy kindness, O Jehovah, supporteth me. — read the full passage →

who, in the power of God are being guarded, through faith, unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time,

for the reign of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit;

in whom we have the redemption through his blood, the remission of the trespasses, according to the riches of His grace,

Jehovah thy God <FI>is<Fi> in thy midst, A mighty one doth save, He rejoiceth over thee with joy, He doth work in His love, He joyeth over thee with singing.'

who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might--through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,

rejoice ye and be glad, because your reward <FI>is<Fi> great in the heavens, for thus did they persecute the prophets who were before you.

Blessed <FI>is<Fi> the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who did bless us in every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,

rejoice in that day, and leap, for lo, your reward <FI>is<Fi> great in the heaven, for according to these things were their fathers doing to the prophets.

Thou hast given joy in my heart, From the time their corn and their wine Have been multiplied.