2 Corinthians 4:17

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2 Corinthians 4:17

For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;

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James 1:3

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General references

Isaiah 38:16

Hebrews 13:14

Bible References

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Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.

For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.

Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

Worketh

Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.

Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:

For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.

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But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord.

After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!

Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.

To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:

But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.

That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,

General references

O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.

For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.