Romans 5:3
3Not only that, but we also boast ▼▼Or let us also boast
in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,Matt 5:11-12; Acts 5:41; 2Cor 12:10; Phil 2:17; James 1:2-3, 12; 1Pet 3:14 2 Corinthians 1:5-6
5For just as Christ's sufferings overflow to us, so our comfort overflows through Christ.Acts 9:4; 2Cor 4:10; Col 1:24 6If we suffer, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we are suffering.2Cor 4:152 Corinthians 7:4
4I have great confidence in you. I am very proud of you. I am very much encouraged. I am overjoyed in all our troubles.1Cor 1:4; 2Cor 1:4, 14; 3:12; Phil 2:17; Col 1:24Ephesians 1:23
23which is his body, the fullness of the one who fills everything in every way. ▼▼Or who fills all in all
Rom 12:5; 1Cor 12:6, 12, 27; Eph 4:10, 12, 27; Col 1:18, 24, 27; 2:10; 3:11 Philippians 3:10
10I want to know Christ ▼▼Lit. To know him
—what his resurrection power is like and what it means to share in his sufferings by becoming like him in his death,Rom 6:3-5; 8:17; 2Cor 4:10-11; 2Tim 2:11-12; 1Pet 4:13 2 Timothy 1:8
8Therefore, never be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, his prisoner. Instead, by God's power, join me in suffering for the sake of the gospel.Rom 1:16; Eph 3:1; Phil 1:7; Col 1:24; 1Tim 2:6; 2Tim 4:5; Rev 1:22 Timothy 2:10
10For that reason, I endure everything for the sake of those who have been chosen so that they, too, may receive the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, along with eternal glory.2Cor 1:6; Eph 3:13; Col 1:24
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