Bible Cross References
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Romans 8:35-37
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Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall affliction, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
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As it is written: For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
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Yet in all these things we more than conquer through Him who loves us.
Matthew 5:10-12
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Blessed are they who have been persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.
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Blessed are you when they shall revile and persecute you, and shall say every evil word against you falsely because of Me.
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Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in Heaven, for in this manner they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Luke 6:22
Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude you, and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man.
Luke 6:23
Rejoice in that day and leap for joy. For behold, your reward is great in Heaven, for in the same way their fathers did to the prophets.
Acts 5:41
So they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name.
2 Corinthians 11:23-30
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Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I excel them: in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often.
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From 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 been in the deep;
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in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils of my own countrymen, 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;
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in hardship and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness;
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besides the other things, that come upon me daily: the care of each of the churches.
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Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?
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If I must boast, I will boast of the things of my infirmity.
2 Corinthians 12:9
And He said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Therefore most gladly I will rather exult in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell upon me.
2 Corinthians 12:10
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Ephesians 3:13
Therefore I ask that you do not lose heart at my afflictions on your behalf, which is your glory.
Philippians 1:29
For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,
Philippians 2:17
Yes, and if I am being poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.
Philippians 2:18
For the same cause you also be glad and rejoice with me.
James 1:2
My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials,
James 1:3
knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.
James 1:12
Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.
1 Peter 3:14
But even if you should suffer because of righteousness, you are blessed. And do not be afraid of their terror, nor be troubled.
1 Peter 4:16
Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this regard.
1 Peter 4:17
For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?
knowing
2 Corinthians 4:17
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is achieving for us a surpassing and eternal weight of glory,
Hebrews 12:10
For they indeed for a few days disciplined us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness.
Hebrews 12:11
Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised by it.