Acts 14:22

22 astrengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them bto continue in cthe faith, and saying that dthrough many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.

2 Corinthians 1:3-7

God of All Comfort

3 eBlessed be the fGod and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and gGod of all comfort, 4 hwho comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. 5For as we share abundantly in iChrist’s sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.
Or For as the sufferings of Christ abound for us, so also our comfort abounds through Christ
6 kIf we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer. 7Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you lshare in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.

2 Corinthians 4:8-12

8We are mafflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9persecuted, but nnot forsaken; ostruck down, but not destroyed; 10 palways carrying in the body the death of Jesus, qso that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. 11For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesussake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. 12So rdeath is at work in us, but life in you.

2 Corinthians 4:16-18

16So we do not lose heart. sThough our outer self
Greek man
is wasting away, uour inner self vis being renewed day by day.
17For wthis light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 xas we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

1 Thessalonians 3:2-3

2and we ysent Timothy, zour brother and God’s coworker
Some manuscripts servant
in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith,
3that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that abwe are destined for this.
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