Mat 5:12, Rom 12:12, 2Cor 4:17, 6:10, Jam 1:2, 1Pe 4:13, 5:10 | ISV | STEP | Rejoice and be extremely glad, because your reward in heaven is great! For that's how they persecuted the prophets who came before you.” Salt and Light in the World

Matthew 5:12

12 Rejoice and be extremely glad, because your reward in heaven is great! For that's how they persecuted the prophets who came before you.”2Chr 36:16; Neh 9:26; Matt 23:34, 37; Luke 6:23; Acts 5:41; 7:52; Rom 5:3; 1Thes 2:15; James 1:2; 1Pet 4:13

Salt and Light in the World Mark 9:50; Luke 14:34-35

Romans 12:12

12 Be joyful in hope, patient in trouble, and persistent in prayer.Luke 10:20; 18:1; 21:19; Acts 2:42; 12:5; Rom 5:2; 15:13; Eph 6:18; Phil 3:1; 4:4; Col 4:2; 1Thes 2:17; 5:16; 1Tim 6:11; Heb 3:6; 10:36; 12:1; James 1:4; 5:7; 1Pet 2:19-20; 4:13

2 Corinthians 4:17

17 This light, temporary nature of our suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory, far beyond any comparison,Matt 5:12; Rom 8:18; 1Pet 1:6; 5:10

2 Corinthians 6:10

10 as sorrowful and yet always rejoicing, as poor and yet enriching many, as having nothing and yet possessing everything.

James 1:2

2 Turn to God when TestedConsider it pure joy, my brothers, when you are involved in various trials,Matt 5:12; Acts 5:41; Heb 10:34; 1Pet 1:6

1 Peter 4:13

13 Instead, because you are participating in the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that you may be glad and shout for joy when his glory is revealed.Acts 5:41; Rom 8:17; 2Cor 1:7; 4:10; Phil 3:10; Col 1:24; 2Tim 2:12; James 1:1-13; 1Pet 1:5-6; Rev 1:9

1 Peter 5:10

10 After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you in Christ Jesus ^{▼▼Other mss. lack Jesus} to his eternal glory, will restore you, establish you, strengthen you, and support you.1Cor 1:9; 2Cor 4:17; 2Thes 2:17; 3:3; 1Tim 6:12; Heb 13:21; 1Pet 1:6; Jude 1:24