Suffering

But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance; — read the full passage →

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations, — read the full passage →

Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

He will wipe away from them every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed away.”

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance; — read the full passage →

Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death;

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; — read the full passage →

Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of suffering, and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Therefore, since Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin;

But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.”

We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair; — read the full passage →

For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ.

Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you. — read the full passage →

Surely he has borne our sickness, and carried our suffering; yet we considered him plagued, struck by God, and afflicted.

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance;

For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps,

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.

He who doesn’t take his cross and follow after me, isn’t worthy of me.

Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped. — read the full passage →

For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many children to glory, to make the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. — read the full passage →

It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.

If I dole out all my goods to feed the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but don’t have love, it profits me nothing.

Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been put to grief in various trials, — read the full passage →

He who seeks his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

He humbled you, and allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you didn’t know, neither did your fathers know; that he might teach you that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of Yahweh’s mouth.

They stripped him, and put a scarlet robe on him. — read the full passage →

Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the assembly;

Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you. — read the full passage →

But because you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.

Having therefore obtained the help that is from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would happen, — read the full passage →

“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God. — read the full passage →

Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

In Hades, he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far off, and Lazarus at his bosom. — read the full passage →

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God.

Whoever doesn’t bear his own cross, and come after me, can’t be my disciple.

Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word.

Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.

and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin.

They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus’ name.

Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the Kingdom of God.

As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. — read the full passage →

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose. — read the full passage →

By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted excessively, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, that I should not be exalted excessively.

The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.

But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.

My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? — read the full passage →

For it is better, if it is God’s will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil.

But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”

For what the law couldn’t do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God did, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh;

Therefore don’t be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. — read the full passage →

Because of this I have sent Timothy to you, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, who will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, even as I teach everywhere in every assembly.

Beloved, don’t be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you. — read the full passage →

“Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn? — read the full passage →

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing. — read the full passage →

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me. — read the full passage →

This is my comfort in my affliction, for your word has revived me.

Jesus therefore said to Peter, “Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not surely drink it?”

For we don’t have a high priest who can’t be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who has been in all points tempted like we are, yet without sin. — read the full passage →

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort; — read the full passage →

All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”

or else he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

Therefore let them also who suffer according to the will of God in doing good entrust their souls to him, as to a faithful Creator.

You therefore must endure hardship, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him. — read the full passage →

He protects all of his bones. Not one of them is broken.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Therefore we don’t faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. — read the full passage →

Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up. — read the full passage →

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, — read the full passage →

Who has believed our message? To whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed? — read the full passage →

For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.

Oh magnify Yahweh with me. Let us exalt his name together.

You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’” — read the full passage →