Bible Cross References
rejoice
Matthew 5:11
"Happy are you when people insult you and persecute you and tell all kinds of evil lies against you because you are my followers.
Matthew 5:12
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.
Acts 5:41
As the apostles left the Council, they were happy, because God had considered them worthy to suffer disgrace for the sake of Jesus.
Romans 5:3
We also boast of our troubles, because we know that trouble produces endurance,
2 Corinthians 7:4
I am so sure of you; I take such pride in you! In all our troubles I am still full of courage; I am running over with joy.
Ephesians 3:1
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles, pray to God.
Ephesians 3:13
I beg you, then, not to be discouraged because I am suffering for you; it is all for your benefit.
Philippians 2:17
Perhaps my life's blood is to be poured out like an offering on the sacrifice that your faith offers to God. If that is so, I am glad and share my joy with you all.
Philippians 2:18
In the same way, you too must be glad and share your joy with me.
James 1:2
My friends, consider yourselves fortunate when all kinds of trials come your way,
fill
2 Corinthians 1:5-8
5
Just as we have a share in Christ's many sufferings, so also through Christ we share in God's great help.
6
If we suffer, it is for your help and salvation; if we are helped, then you too are helped and given the strength to endure with patience the same sufferings that we also endure.
7
So our hope in you is never shaken; we know that just as you share in our sufferings, you also share in the help we receive.
8
We want to remind you, friends, of the trouble we had in the province of Asia. The burdens laid upon us were so great and so heavy that we gave up all hope of staying alive.
2 Corinthians 4:8-12
8
We are often troubled, but not crushed; sometimes in doubt, but never in despair;
9
there are many enemies, but we are never without a friend; and though badly hurt at times, we are not destroyed.
10
At all times we carry in our mortal bodies the death of Jesus, so that his life also may be seen in our bodies.
11
Throughout our lives we are always in danger of death for Jesus' sake, in order that his life may be seen in this mortal body of ours.
12
This means that death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.
2 Corinthians 11:23-27
23
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.
24
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.
26
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.
27
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.
Philippians 3:10
All I want is to know Christ and to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings and become like him in his death,
2 Timothy 1:8
Do not be ashamed, then, of witnessing for our Lord; neither be ashamed of me, a prisoner for Christ's sake. Instead, take your part in suffering for the Good News, as God gives you the strength for it.
2 Timothy 2:9
Because I preach the Good News, I suffer and I am even chained like a criminal. But the word of God is not in chains,
2 Timothy 2:10
and so I endure everything for the sake of God's chosen people, in order that they too may obtain the salvation that comes through Christ Jesus and brings eternal glory.
for
Colossians 1:18
He is the head of his body, the church; he is the source of the body's life. He is the first-born Son, who was raised from death, in order that he alone might have the first place in all things.
Ephesians 1:23
The church is Christ's body, the completion of him who himself completes all things everywhere.