2Cor 12:10, Phili 1:29, Heb 10:34, Jam 1:2, 1Pe 4:13-16 | ESV | STEP | For the sake of Christ , then, I am content with weaknesses , insults , hardships , persecutions , and calamities . For when I am weak , then I am strong .

10 ^aFor the sake of Christ, then, ^bI am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For ^cwhen I am weak, then I am strong.

Philippians 1:29

29 For ^dit has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also ^esuffer for his sake,

Hebrews 10:34

34 For ^fyou had compassion on those in prison, and ^gyou joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had ^ha better possession and an abiding one.

James 1:2

Testing of Your Faith

2 ⁱCount it all joy, my brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church; also verses 16, 19} when you meet trials ^kof various kinds,

1 Peter 4:13-16

13 But rejoice ^linsofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad ^mwhen his glory is revealed. 14 ⁿIf you are insulted ^ofor the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory ^{▼▼Some manuscripts insert and of power} and of God rests upon you. 15 But ^qlet none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or ^ras a meddler. 16 Yet ^sif anyone suffers as a ^tChristian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God ^uin that name.