2 Corinthians 12:10
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10 Therefore (A)I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. (B)For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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2 Corinthians 12:9
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9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly (A)I will rather boast in my infirmities, (B)that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
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Ephesians 6:10
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The Whole Armor of God
10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.
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Romans 5:3
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3 And not only that, but (A)we also glory in tribulations, (B)knowing that tribulation produces [a]perseverance;
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- Romans 5:3 endurance
2 Corinthians 13:4
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4 (A)For though He was crucified in weakness, yet (B)He lives by the power of God. For (C)we also are weak in Him, but we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.
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James 1:2
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Profiting from Trials
2 My brethren, (A)count it all joy (B)when you fall into various trials,
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1 Peter 1:6-7
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6 (A)In this you greatly rejoice, though now (B)for a little while, if need be, (C)you have been [a]grieved by various trials, 7 that (D)the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though (E)it is tested by fire, (F)may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
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- 1 Peter 1:6 distressed
2 Corinthians 6:4
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4 But in all things we commend ourselves (A)as ministers of God: in much [a]patience, in tribulations, in needs, in distresses,
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- 2 Corinthians 6:4 endurance
2 Corinthians 4:17
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17 For (A)our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,
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Luke 6:22
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22 (A)Blessed are you when men hate you,
And when they (B)exclude you,
And revile you, and cast out your name as evil,
For the Son of Man’s sake.
2 Corinthians 5:15
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15 and He died for all, (A)that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.
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2 Corinthians 1:4
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4 who (A)comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any [a]trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
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- 2 Corinthians 1:4 tribulation
Acts 5:41
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41 So they departed from the presence of the council, (A)rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for [a]His name.
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- Acts 5:41 NU the name; M the name of Jesus
John 15:21
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21 But (A)all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me.
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Revelation 2:3
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3 and you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name’s sake and have (A)not become weary.
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2 Corinthians 13:9
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9 For we are glad (A)when we are weak and you are strong. And this also we pray, (B)that you may be made complete.
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1 Corinthians 4:10
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10 We are (A)fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ! (B)We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored!
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Romans 8:35-39
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35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written:
(A)“For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
37 (B)Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor (C)principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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1 Peter 4:13-14
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13 but rejoice (A)to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that (B)when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy. 14 If you are [a]reproached for the name of Christ, (C)blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. [b]On their part He is blasphemed, (D)but on your part He is glorified.
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- 1 Peter 4:14 insulted or reviled
- 1 Peter 4:14 NU omits the rest of v. 14.
2 Thessalonians 1:4
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4 so that (A)we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God (B)for your patience and faith (C)in all your persecutions and [a]tribulations that you endure,
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- 2 Thessalonians 1:4 afflictions
Colossians 1:24
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Sacrificial Service for Christ
24 (A)I now rejoice in my sufferings (B)for you, and fill up in my flesh (C)what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for (D)the sake of His body, which is the church,
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Philippians 2:17-18
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17 Yes, and if (A)I am being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice (B)and service of your faith, (C)I am glad and rejoice with you all. 18 For the same reason you also be glad and rejoice with me.
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2 Corinthians 11:23-30
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23 Are they ministers of Christ?—I speak as a fool—I am more: (A)in labors more abundant, (B)in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, (C)in deaths often. 24 From the Jews five times I received (D)forty (E)stripes minus one. 25 Three times I was (F)beaten with rods; (G)once I was stoned; three times I (H)was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep; 26 in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, (I)in perils of my own countrymen, (J)in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; 27 in weariness and toil, (K)in sleeplessness often, (L)in hunger and thirst, in (M)fastings often, in cold and nakedness— 28 besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: (N)my deep concern for all the churches. 29 (O)Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?
30 If I must boast, (P)I will boast in the things which concern my [a]infirmity.
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- 2 Corinthians 11:30 weakness
2 Corinthians 10:18
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18 For (A)not he who commends himself is approved, but (B)whom the Lord commends.
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2 Corinthians 4:8-11
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8 We are (A)hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not (B)forsaken; (C)struck down, but not destroyed— 10 (D)always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, (E)that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. 11 For we who live (F)are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
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