Bible Cross References
shall separate
Romans 8:39
neither the world above nor the world below---there is nothing in all creation that will ever be able to separate us from the love of God which is ours through Christ Jesus our Lord.
Psalm 103:17
But for those who honor the LORD, his love lasts forever, and his goodness endures for all generations
Jeremiah 31:3
I appeared to them from far away. People of Israel, I have always loved you, so I continue to show you my constant love.
John 10:28
I give them eternal life, and they shall never die. No one can snatch them away from me.
John 13:1
It was now the day before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. He had always loved those in the world who were his own, and he loved them to the very end.
2 Thessalonians 2:13
We must thank God at all times for you, friends, you whom the Lord loves. For God chose you as the first to be saved by the Spirit's power to make you his holy people and by your faith in the truth.
2 Thessalonians 2:14
God called you to this through the Good News we preached to you; he called you to possess your share of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thessalonians 2:16
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and in his grace gave us unfailing courage and a firm hope,
Revelation 1:5
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first to be raised from death and who is also the ruler of the kings of the world. He loves us, and by his sacrificial death he has freed us from our sins
shall tribulation
Romans 8:17
Since we are his children, we will possess the blessings he keeps for his people, and we will also possess with Christ what God has kept for him; for if we share Christ's suffering, we will also share his glory.
Romans 5:3-5
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We also boast of our troubles, because we know that trouble produces endurance,
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endurance brings God's approval, and his approval creates hope.
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This hope does not disappoint us, for God has poured out his love into our hearts by means of the Holy Spirit, who is God's gift to us.
Matthew 5:10-12
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"Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires; the Kingdom of heaven belongs to them!
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"Happy are you when people insult you and persecute you and tell all kinds of evil lies against you because you are my followers.
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Be happy and glad, for a great reward is kept for you in heaven. This is how the prophets who lived before you were persecuted.
Matthew 10:28-31
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Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather be afraid of God, who can destroy both body and soul in hell.
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For only a penny you can buy two sparrows, yet not one sparrow falls to the ground without your Father's consent.
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As for you, even the hairs of your head have all been counted.
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So do not be afraid; you are worth much more than many sparrows!
Luke 21:12-18
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Before all these things take place, however, you will be arrested and persecuted; you will be handed over to be tried in synagogues and be put in prison; you will be brought before kings and rulers for my sake.
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This will be your chance to tell the Good News.
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Make up your minds ahead of time not to worry about how you will defend yourselves,
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because I will give you such words and wisdom that none of your enemies will be able to refute or contradict what you say.
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You will be handed over by your parents, your brothers, your relatives, and your friends; and some of you will be put to death.
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Everyone will hate you because of me.
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But not a single hair from your heads will be lost.
John 16:33
I have told you this so that you will have peace by being united to me. The world will make you suffer. But be brave! I have defeated the world!"
Acts 14:22
They strengthened the believers and encouraged them to remain true to the faith. "We must pass through many troubles to enter the Kingdom of God," they taught.
Acts 20:23
I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit has warned me that prison and troubles wait for me.
Acts 20:24
But I reckon my own life to be worth nothing to me; I only want to complete my mission and finish the work that the Lord Jesus gave me to do, which is to declare the Good News about the grace of God.
2 Corinthians 4:17
And this small and temporary trouble we suffer will bring us a tremendous and eternal glory, much greater than the trouble.
2 Corinthians 6:4-10
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Instead, in everything we do we show that we are God's servants by patiently enduring troubles, hardships, and difficulties.
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We have been beaten, jailed, and mobbed; we have been overworked and have gone without sleep or food.
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By our purity, knowledge, patience, and kindness we have shown ourselves to be God's servants---by the Holy Spirit, by our true love,
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by our message of truth, and by the power of God. We have righteousness as our weapon, both to attack and to defend ourselves.
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We are honored and disgraced; we are insulted and praised. We are treated as liars, yet we speak the truth;
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as unknown, yet we are known by all; as though we were dead, but, as you see, we live on. Although punished, we are not killed;
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although saddened, we are always glad; we seem poor, but we make many people rich; we seem to have nothing, yet we really possess everything.
2 Corinthians 11:23-27
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Are they Christ's servants? I sound like a madman---but I am a better servant than they are! I have worked much harder, I have been in prison more times, I have been whipped much more, and I have been near death more often.
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Five times I was given the thirty-nine lashes by the Jews;
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three times I was whipped by the Romans; and once I was stoned. I have been in three shipwrecks, and once I spent twenty-four hours in the water.
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In my many travels I have been in danger from floods and from robbers, in danger from my own people and from Gentiles; there have been dangers in the cities, dangers in the wilds, dangers on the high seas, and dangers from false friends.
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There has been work and toil; often I have gone without sleep; I have been hungry and thirsty; I have often been without enough food, shelter, or clothing.
2 Timothy 1:12
and it is for this reason that I suffer these things. But I am still full of confidence, because I know whom I have trusted, and I am sure that he is able to keep safe until that Day what he has entrusted to me.
2 Timothy 4:16-18
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No one stood by me the first time I defended myself; all deserted me. May God not count it against them!
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But the Lord stayed with me and gave me strength, so that I was able to proclaim the full message for all the Gentiles to hear; and I was rescued from being sentenced to death.
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And the Lord will rescue me from all evil and take me safely into his heavenly Kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever! Amen.
Hebrews 12:3-11
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Think of what he went through; how he put up with so much hatred from sinners! So do not let yourselves become discouraged and give up.
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For in your struggle against sin you have not yet had to resist to the point of being killed.
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Have you forgotten the encouraging words which God speaks to you as his children? "My child, pay attention when the Lord corrects you, and do not be discouraged when he rebukes you.
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Because the Lord corrects everyone he loves, and punishes everyone he accepts as a child."
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Endure what you suffer as being a father's punishment; your suffering shows that God is treating you as his children. Was there ever a child who was not punished by his father?
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If you are not punished, as all his children are, it means you are not real children, but bastards.
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In the case of our human fathers, they punished us and we respected them. How much more, then, should we submit to our spiritual Father and live!
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Our human fathers punished us for a short time, as it seemed right to them; but God does it for our own good, so that we may share his holiness.
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When we are punished, it seems to us at the time something to make us sad, not glad. Later, however, those who have been disciplined by such punishment reap the peaceful reward of a righteous life.
James 1:2-4
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My friends, consider yourselves fortunate when all kinds of trials come your way,
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for you know that when your faith succeeds in facing such trials, the result is the ability to endure.
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Make sure that your endurance carries you all the way without failing, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.
1 Peter 1:5-7
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They are for you, who through faith are kept safe by God's power for the salvation which is ready to be revealed at the end of time.
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Be glad about this, even though it may now be necessary for you to be sad for a while because of the many kinds of trials you suffer.
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Their purpose is to prove that your faith is genuine. Even gold, which can be destroyed, is tested by fire; and so your faith, which is much more precious than gold, must also be tested, so that it may endure. Then you will receive praise and glory and honor on the Day when Jesus Christ is revealed.
1 Peter 4:12-14
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My dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful test you are suffering, as though something unusual were happening to you.
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Rather be glad that you are sharing Christ's sufferings, so that you may be full of joy when his glory is revealed.
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Happy are you if you are insulted because you are Christ's followers; this means that the glorious Spirit, the Spirit of God, is resting on you.
Revelation 7:14-17
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"I don't know, sir. You do," I answered. He said to me, "These are the people who have come safely through the terrible persecution. They have washed their robes and made them white with the blood of the Lamb.
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That is why they stand before God's throne and serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will protect them with his presence.
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Never again will they hunger or thirst; neither sun nor any scorching heat will burn them,
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because the Lamb, who is in the center of the throne, will be their shepherd, and he will guide them to springs of life-giving water. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."