Bible Cross References
I take
2 Corinthians 1:4
who comforts us in all our tribulation, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, by means of the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
2 Corinthians 4:8-10
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in everything being oppressed, yet not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
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persecuted, but not abandoned; cast down, but not destroyed;
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always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, so that also the life of Jesus may be revealed in our body.
2 Corinthians 4:17-10
2 Corinthians 7:4
Great is my confidence toward you, great is my boasting concerning you. I have been filled with comfort. I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation.
Acts 5:41
Then they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing because they were counted worthy to be dishonored on behalf of the name of Jesus.
Romans 5:3
And not only that, but we also rejoice in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces endurance;
Romans 8:35-39
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Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
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Just as it is written: "For Your sake we are put to death the whole day long; we are accounted as sheep for slaughter."
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But in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
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For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come,
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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.
Philippians 1:29
For to you it has been granted for the sake of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,
Philippians 2:17
But even if I am being poured upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice; [yea], and I rejoice with you all.
Philippians 2:18
For the same reason you also rejoice and rejoice together with me.
Colossians 1:24
I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for His body, which is the church,
James 1:2
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various trials,
1 Peter 1:6
In which you greatly rejoice, [though for] a little while now, if need be, you have been distressed by various trials,
1 Peter 1:7
so that the genuineness of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes, though being tested with fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 4:13
but inasmuch as you partake in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice, in order that also at the unveiling of His glory, you may rejoice with great happiness.
1 Peter 4:14
If you are reviled in the name of Christ, blessed are you, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On the one hand He is blasphemed, but on the other He is glorified.
in infirmities
2 Corinthians 11:23-30
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Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I [am] even more: in labors far more, in beatings immeasurably, in imprisonments far more, in deaths often.
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By [the] Jews five times I received forty stripes minus one.
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Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have spent in the depth [of the sea].
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In journeys often, in dangers of rivers, in dangers of robbers, in dangers from my own race, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers in the sea, in dangers among false brothers;
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in labor and hardship, in sleepless nights often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness--
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apart from what I leave unmentioned, what comes against me daily: the anxiety for all the churches.
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Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I do not burn [with indignation]?
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If I must boast, I will boast about the things concerning my weakness.
for Christ's
2 Corinthians 4:5
For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus' sake.
2 Corinthians 4:11
For we who are living are always handed over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifest in our body.
2 Corinthians 10:18
For not he who commends himself is approved, but he whom the Lord commends.
Luke 6:22
Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude you, and shall revile you, and cast out your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.
John 15:21
But all these things they will do to you for My name's sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me.
1 Corinthians 4:10
We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are despised!
Revelation 2:3
and you have endurance and you have born patiently on account of My name, and you did not become weary.
for when
2 Corinthians 12:9
And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
2 Corinthians 13:4
For although He was crucified in weakness, yet He lives by the power of God. For we are weak in Him, yet we shall live with Him by the power of God toward you.
2 Corinthians 13:9
For we rejoice whenever we are weak, but you are strong. And this also we pray, that you may be made complete.
Ephesians 6:10
Finally, my brothers, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.