aSee Matt. 5:12
bSee Luke 21:19; James 1:3
cGal. 3:29; 4:7; Titus 3:7
d2 Cor. 1:7; 2 Tim. 2:12; See Acts 14:22
e2 Cor. 4:17; [1 Pet. 1:5, 6]
fCited from Ps. 44:22
g1 Cor. 4:9; 15:30, 31; 2 Cor. 4:10, 11; See Acts 20:24
h1 Cor. 15:57; See John 16:33
iGal. 2:20; Eph. 5:2; Rev. 1:5; 3:9
jch. 12:2; Rom. 16:7; Gal. 1:22
k[John 3:3]; See Rom. 6:4
mIsa. 43:18, 19; Rev. 21:5; [Isa. 65:17; Eph. 2:15; 4:24; Heb. 8:13]
nSee 2 Cor. 7:4
o[2 Tim. 1:8; 2:10]
pSee 2 Cor. 1:5
q[Eph. 4:12]
rch. 2:13; See Eph. 5:20; 1 Thess. 1:2, 3
t[2 Cor. 7:14]; See 1 Thess. 2:19
u[1 Thess. 1:8]; See 1 Cor. 7:17
v[Mark 10:30]; See 1 Thess. 2:14
w[Phil. 1:28]
x[Acts 14:22]; See Luke 20:35
y[Rev. 6:10]
z[Ex. 23:22; Joel 3:4, 7]
aaSee Mark 8:38
abSee 1 Cor. 1:6
ac[ver. 16]; See Eph. 3:1
adch. 2:3, 9; 4:5

Romans 5:3

3Not only that, but we arejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering bproduces endurance,

Romans 8:17-18

17and if children, then cheirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, dprovided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

Future Glory

18For I consider that the sufferings of this present time eare not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

Romans 8:35-39

35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36As it is written,

f“For your sake gwe are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
 37No, in all these things we are more than hconquerors through ihim who loved us. 38For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

2 Corinthians 5:17

17Therefore, if anyone is jin Christ, he is ka new creation. ▼
▼Or creature
 mThe old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Colossians 1:24

Paul’s Ministry to the Church

24Now nI rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh oI am filling up pwhat is lacking in Christ’s afflictions qfor the sake of his body, that is, the church,

2 Thessalonians 1:3-6

Thanksgiving

3 rWe ought always to give thanks to God for you, 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
 as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing. 4Therefore twe ourselves boast about you uin the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith vin all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring.

The Judgment at Christ’s Coming

5This is wevidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be xconsidered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering— 6since indeed God considers it yjust zto repay with affliction those who afflict you,

2 Timothy 1:8

8Therefore aado not be ashamed of abthe testimony about our Lord, nor of acme his prisoner, but adshare in suffering for the gospel by the power of God,
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