Hebrews 11:25
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25 (A)choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy (B)the fleeting pleasures of sin.
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Psalm 84:10
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10 For a day (A)in your courts is better
than a thousand elsewhere.
I would rather be (B)a doorkeeper in the house of my God
than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
2 Timothy 2:3-10
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3 (A)Share in suffering as (B)a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No soldier (C)gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him. 5 (D)An athlete is not (E)crowned unless he competes according to the rules. 6 It is (F)the hard-working farmer who ought to have the first share of the crops. 7 Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.
8 Remember Jesus Christ, (G)risen from the dead, the (H)offspring of David, (I)as preached in my gospel, 9 (J)for which I am suffering, (K)bound with chains as a criminal. But (L)the word of God is not bound! 10 Therefore (M)I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain (N)the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with (O)eternal glory.
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2 Corinthians 5:17
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17 Therefore, if anyone is (A)in Christ, he is (B)a new creation.[a] (C)The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
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- 2 Corinthians 5:17 Or creature
1 Peter 4:12-16
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Suffering as a Christian
12 Beloved, do not be surprised at (A)the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice (B)insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad (C)when his glory is revealed. 14 (D)If you are insulted (E)for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory[a] and of God rests upon you. 15 But (F)let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or (G)as a meddler. 16 Yet (H)if anyone suffers as a (I)Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God (J)in that name.
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- 1 Peter 4:14 Some manuscripts insert and of power
Revelation 18:7
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7 (A)As she glorified herself and lived in luxury,
so give her a like measure of torment and mourning,
since in her heart she says,
(B)‘I sit as a queen,
I am no widow,
and mourning I shall never see.’
1 Peter 1:6-7
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6 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by (A)various trials, 7 so that (B)the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes (C)though it is tested by (D)fire—may be found to result in (E)praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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Job 36:21
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21 Take care; (A)do not turn to iniquity,
for this you have chosen rather than affliction.
1 Peter 2:10
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10 (A)Once you were not a people, but now you are God's people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
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Psalm 73:18-20
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Job 20:5
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5 (A)that the exulting of the wicked is short,
and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
James 5:5
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5 (A)You have lived on the earth in luxury and (B)in self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in (C)a day of slaughter.
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James 1:20
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20 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.
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Hebrews 11:37
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37 (A)They were stoned, they were sawn in two,[a] (B)they were killed with the sword. (C)They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated—
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- Hebrews 11:37 Some manuscripts add they were tempted
2 Timothy 3:11-12
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Hebrews 10:32
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32 But recall the former days when, after (A)you were enlightened, you endured (B)a hard struggle with sufferings,
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2 Timothy 1:8
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8 Therefore (A)do not be ashamed of (B)the testimony about our Lord, nor of (C)me his prisoner, but (D)share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God,
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2 Thessalonians 1:3-6
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Thanksgiving
3 (A)We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers,[a] as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing. 4 Therefore (B)we ourselves boast about you (C)in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith (D)in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring.
The Judgment at Christ's Coming
5 This is (E)evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be (F)considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering— 6 since indeed God considers it (G)just (H)to repay with affliction those who afflict you,
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- 2 Thessalonians 1:3 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters
Colossians 1:24
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Paul's Ministry to the Church
24 Now (A)I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh (B)I am filling up (C)what is lacking in Christ's afflictions (D)for the sake of his body, that is, the church,
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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 danger, or sword? 36 As it is written,
(A)“For your sake (B)we are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
37 No, in all these things we are more than (C)conquerors through (D)him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor 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.
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Romans 8:17-18
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17 and if children, then (A)heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, (B)provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
Future Glory
18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time (C)are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
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Romans 5:3
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3 Not only that, but we (A)rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering (B)produces endurance,
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Acts 20:23-24
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23 except that (A)the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that (B)imprisonment and (C)afflictions await me. 24 But (D)I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only (E)I may finish my course and (F)the ministry (G)that I received from the Lord Jesus, (H)to testify to (I)the gospel of (J)the grace of God.
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Acts 7:24-25
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24 And seeing one of them being wronged, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian. 25 He supposed that his brothers would understand that God was giving them salvation by his hand, but they did not understand.
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Luke 16:25
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25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that (A)you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.
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