Mat 5:12, Joh 16:20, Act 5:41, Rom 5:3, 2Cor 1:5 | ESV | STEP | Rejoice and be glad , for your reward is great in heaven , for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you .

Matthew 5:12

12 ^aRejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for ^bso they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

John 16:20

20 Truly, truly, I say to you, ^cyou will weep and lament, but ^dthe world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but ^eyour sorrow will turn into joy.

Acts 5:41

41 Then they left the presence of the council, ^frejoicing that they were counted worthy ^gto suffer dishonor for ^hthe name.

Romans 5:3

3 Not only that, but we ⁱrejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering ^jproduces endurance,

2 Corinthians 1:5

5 For as we share abundantly in ^kChrist’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}