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13 But rejoice insofar as you are sharing Christ’s sufferings, so that you may also be glad and shout for joy when his glory is revealed.(A)

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13 But rejoice(A) inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ,(B) so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.(C)

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17 and if children, then heirs: heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if we in fact suffer with him so that we may also be glorified with him.(A)

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17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs(A)—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings(B) in order that we may also share in his glory.(C)

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Faith and Wisdom

My brothers and sisters, whenever you face various trials, consider it all joy,(A) because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

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Trials and Temptations

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[a] whenever you face trials of many kinds,(A) because you know that the testing of your faith(B) produces perseverance.(C)

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  1. James 1:2 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verses 16 and 19; and in 2:1, 5, 14; 3:10, 12; 4:11; 5:7, 9, 10, 12, 19.

And not only that, but we[a] also boast in our afflictions, knowing that affliction produces endurance,(A)

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  1. 5.3 Or let us

Not only so, but we[a] also glory in our sufferings,(A) because we know that suffering produces perseverance;(B)

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  1. Romans 5:3 Or let us

10 I want to know Christ[a] and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death,

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  1. 3.10 Gk him

10 I want to know(A) Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings,(B) becoming like him in his death,(C)

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Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our consolation.

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And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings,(A) so also you share in our comfort.

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10 And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ,[a] will himself restore, support, strengthen, and establish you.(A)

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  1. 5.10 Other ancient authorities read Christ Jesus

10 And the God of all grace, who called you(A) to his eternal glory(B) in Christ, after you have suffered a little while,(C) will himself restore you and make you strong,(D) firm and steadfast.

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10 always carrying around in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our bodies.(A)

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10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus,(A) so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.(B)

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who are being protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.(A) In this you rejoice,[a] even if now for a little while you have had to suffer various trials,(B) so that the genuineness of your faith—being more precious than gold that, though perishable, is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.(C) Although you have not seen[b] him, you love him, and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy,(D)

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  1. 1.6 Or Rejoice in this
  2. 1.8 Other ancient authorities read known

who through faith are shielded by God’s power(A) until the coming of the salvation(B) that is ready to be revealed(C) in the last time. In all this you greatly rejoice,(D) though now for a little while(E) you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials.(F) These have come so that the proven genuineness(G) of your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire(H)—may result in praise, glory and honor(I) when Jesus Christ is revealed.(J) Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him(K) and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

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but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power[a] is made perfect in weakness.” So I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.(A) 10 Therefore I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.(B)

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  1. 12.9 Other ancient authorities read my power

But he said to me, “My grace(A) is sufficient for you, for my power(B) is made perfect in weakness.(C)(D) Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight(E) in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships,(F) in persecutions,(G) in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.(H)

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12 if we endure, we will also reign with him;
if we deny him, he will also deny us;(A)

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12 if we endure,
    we will also reign with him.(A)
If we disown him,
    he will also disown us;(B)

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17 For our slight, momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure,(A)

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17 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.(A)

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22 “Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you[a] on account of the Son of Man.(A) 23 Rejoice on that day and leap for joy, for surely your reward is great in heaven, for that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.(B)

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  1. 6.22 Gk cast out your name as evil

22 Blessed are you when people hate you,
    when they exclude you(A) and insult you(B)
    and reject your name as evil,
        because of the Son of Man.(C)

23 “Rejoice in that day and leap for joy,(D) because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.(E)

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