aJohn 16:22; [ch. 7:4]
b[ch. 8:9; Prov. 13:7; 1 Cor. 1:5]
cActs 3:6
d1 Cor. 7:30
e[Rom. 7:4; 8:5; Eph. 5:9]
fSee Rom. 5:1-5; Col. 3:12-17
g2 Cor. 6:6
h[ch. 2:14; 2 Thess. 3:7, 9]; See 1 Cor. 4:16
i1 Cor. 11:1
jActs 17:5-10
kSee Matt. 5:12
lActs 13:52; Gal. 5:22
mJohn 3:16; 1 John 4:10; Rev. 1:5
n1 Pet. 1:3
och. 3:3; 1 Thess. 3:13
pSee Matt. 5:12
r1 Pet. 1:6
sJames 1:2; [ch. 4:12]
tJames 1:3
uJob 23:10; Ps. 66:10; Prov. 17:3; Isa. 48:10
v1 Cor. 3:13
wRom. 2:7, 10; 1 Cor. 4:5; [2 Thess. 1:7-12]
x[1 John 4:20]
y[Heb. 11:27]; See John 20:29

2 Corinthians 6:10

10 aas sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; bas poor, yet making many rich; cas having nothing, dyet possessing everything.

Galatians 5:22

22But ethe fruit of the Spirit is flove, joy, peace, patience, gkindness, goodness, faithfulness,

1 Thessalonians 1:6

6And hyou became imitators of us iand of the Lord, for jyou received the word in much affliction, kwith the ljoy of the Holy Spirit,

2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

16Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, mwho loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good nhope through grace, 17comfort your hearts and oestablish them in every good work and word.

James 1:2

Testing of Your Faith

2 pCount 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 rof various kinds,

1 Peter 1:6-8

6In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by svarious trials, 7so that tthe tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes uthough it is tested by vfire—may be found to result in wpraise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 8 xThough you have not seen him, you love him. yThough you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,
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