Psa 34:19, Joh 16:33, Act 14:22, 1Cor 4:9-13, 2Cor 4:7-11, 11:23-27 | ESV | STEP | Many are the afflictions of the righteous , but the Lord delivers him out of them all .

33 I have said these things to you, that ^cin me you may have peace. ^dIn the world you will have ^etribulation. But ^ftake heart; ^gI have overcome the world.”

Acts 14:22

22 ^hstrengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them ⁱto continue in ^jthe faith, and saying that ^kthrough many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.

1 Corinthians 4:9-13

9 For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, ^llike men sentenced to death, because we ^mhave become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. 10 ⁿWe are fools for Christ’s sake, but ^oyou are wise in Christ. ^pWe are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. 11 To the present hour ^qwe hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and ^rbuffeted and ^shomeless, 12 and we ^tlabor, working with our own hands. ^uWhen reviled, we bless; ^vwhen persecuted, we endure; 13 when slandered, we entreat. ^wWe have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, ^xthe refuse of all things.

2 Corinthians 4:7-11

Treasure in Jars of Clay

7 But we have this treasure in ^yjars of clay, ^zto show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. 8 We are ^aaafflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 persecuted, but ^abnot forsaken; ^acstruck down, but not destroyed; 10 ^adalways carrying in the body the death of Jesus, ^aeso that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. 11 For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

2 Corinthians 11:23-27

23 Are they ^afservants of Christ? ^agI am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, ^ahfar more imprisonments, ^aiwith countless beatings, and ^ajoften near death. 24 Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the ^akforty lashes less one. 25 Three times I was ^albeaten with rods. ^amOnce I was stoned. Three times I ^anwas shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; 26 on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, ^aodanger from my own people, ^apdanger from Gentiles, ^aqdanger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers; 27 ^arin toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, ^asin hunger and thirst, often without food, ^{▼▼Or often in fasting} in cold and exposure.