2 Corinthians 6:4
No, we are trying to commend ourselves under all circumstances, as God's ministers should--in many an hour of endurance, in troubles, in hardships, in difficulties,
1 Corinthians 3:5
What, I ask, is Apollos? or what is Paul? Servants through whom you were led to accept the Faith; and that only as the Lord helped each of you.
2 Corinthians 3:6
Our fitness comes from God, who himself made us fit to be ministers of a New Covenant, of which the substance is, not a written Law, but a Spirit. For the written Law means Death, but the Spirit gives Life.
2 Corinthians 4:8
Though hard pressed on every side, we are never hemmed in; through perplexed, never driven to despair;
2 Corinthians 12:10
That is why I delight in weakness, ill-treatment, hardship, persecution, and difficulties, when borne for Christ. For, when I am weak, then it is that I am strong!
2 Corinthians 12:12
The marks of the true Apostle were exhibited among you in constant endurance, as well as by signs, by marvels, and by miracles.
Luke 21:19
By your endurance you shall win yourselves Life.
Acts 2:22
Men of Israel, listen to what I am saying. Jesus of Nazareth, a man whose mission from God to you was proved by miracles, wonders, and signs, which God showed among you through him, as you know full well--
Acts 9:16
I will myself show him all that he has to suffer for my Name."
Acts 20:23-24
Except that in town after town the Holy Spirit plainly declares to me that imprisonment and troubles await me.
Acts 20:34
You, yourselves, know that these hands of mine provided not only for my own wants, but for my companions also.
Romans 5:3-4
And not only that, but let us also exult in our troubles;
Romans 5:8
But God puts his love for us beyond all doubt by the fact that Christ died on our behalf while we were still sinners.
Romans 8:35-36
Who is there to separate us from the love of the Christ? Will trouble, or difficulty, or persecution, or hunger, or nakedness, or danger, or the sword?
Romans 14:18
He who serves the Christ in this way pleases God, and wins the approval of his fellow men.
Romans 16:10
To that proved Christian Apelles; to the household of Aristobulus;
1 Corinthians 4:1
Let men look upon us as Christ's servants, and as stewards of the hidden truths of God.
1 Corinthians 4:11-12
To this very hour we go hungry, thirsty, and naked; we are beaten; we are homeless;
1 Corinthians 9:11
Since we, then, sowed spiritual seed for you, is it too much that we should reap from you an earthly harvest?
2 Corinthians 2:17
Unlike many people, we are not in the habit of making profit out of God's Message; but in all sincerity, and bearing God's commission, we speak before him in union with Christ.
2 Corinthians 4:2
No, we have renounced the secrecy prompted by shame, refusing to adopt crafty ways, or to tamper with God's Message, and commending ourselves to every man's conscience, in the sight of God, by our exhibition of the Truth.
2 Corinthians 4:17
The light burden of our momentary trouble is preparing for us, in measure transcending thought, a weight of imperishable glory;
2 Corinthians 7:11
For see what results that other sorrow--sorrow in accordance with God's will--has had in your case. What earnestness it produced! what explanations! what strong feeling! what alarm! what longing! what eagerness! what readiness to punish! You have proved yourselves altogether free from guilt in that matter.
2 Corinthians 11:9
And, when I was with you in need, I did not become a burden to any of you; for our Brothers, on coming from Macedonia, supplied my needs. I kept myself, and will keep myself from being an expense to you in any way.
2 Corinthians 11:23
Are they 'Servants of Christ'? Though it is madness to talk like this, I am more so than they! I have had more of toil, more of imprisonment! I have been flogged times without number. I have been often at death's door.
2 Corinthians 11:27
I have been through toil and hardship. I have passed many a sleepless night; I have endured hunger and thirst; I have often been without food; I have known cold and nakedness.
Philippians 4:11-12
Do not think that I am saying this under the pressure of want. For I, however I am placed, have learned to be independent of circumstances.
Colossians 1:11
You will be made strong at all points with a strength worthy of the power manifested in his Glory--strong to endure with patience, and even with gladness, whatever may befall you;
Colossians 1:24
Now at last I can rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf, and in my own person I supplement the afflictions endured by the Christ, for the sake of his Body, the Church;
1 Thessalonians 2:3-11
Our appeal to you was not based on a delusion, nor was it made from unworthy motives, or with any intention of misleading you.
1 Thessalonians 3:2-3
And sent Timothy, our Brother and God's minister of the Good News of the Christ, to strengthen you, and to encourage you in your faith,
1 Thessalonians 3:7
On hearing his, we felt encouraged about you, Brothers, in the midst of all our difficulties and troubles, by your faith.
1 Thessalonians 5:14
We entreat you also, Brothers--warn the disorderly, comfort the faint-hearted, give a helping hand to the weak, and be patient with every one.
1 Timothy 2:15
But women will find their salvation in motherhood, if they never abandon faith, love, or holiness, and behave with modesty.
1 Timothy 4:6
Put all this before the Brethren, and you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, sustained by the precepts of the Faith and of that Good Teaching by which you have guided your life.
1 Timothy 6:11
But do you, Servant of God, avoid all this. Aim at righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, gentleness.
2 Timothy 1:8
Do not, therefore, be ashamed of the testimony which we have to bear to our Lord, nor yet of me who am a prisoner for him; but join with me in suffering for the Good News, as far as God enables you.
2 Timothy 2:24
and a Servant of the Lord should never quarrel. He ought, on the contrary, to be courteous to every one, a skillful teacher, and forbearing.
2 Timothy 3:10-12
But you, Timothy, were a close observer of my teaching, my conduct, my purposes, my faith, my forbearance, my love, and my patient endurance,
2 Timothy 4:5
But you, Timothy, must always be temperate. Face hardships; do the work of a Missionary; discharge all the duties of your Office.
Hebrews 12:1
Seeing, therefore, that there is on every side of us such a throng of witnesses, let us also lay aside everything that hinders us, and the sin that clings about us, and run with patient endurance the race that lies before us,
James 5:7-10
Be patient, then, Brothers, till the Coming of the Lord. Even the farmer has to wait for the precious fruit of the earth, watching over it patiently, till it has had the spring and summer rains.
Revelation 1:9
I, John, who am your Brother, and who share with you in the suffering and kingship and endurance of Jesus, found myself on the island called Patmos, for the sake of the Message of God and the testimony to Jesus.
Revelation 3:10
Because you kept in mind the story of my endurance, I will keep you in the hour of trial that is about to come upon the whole world, the hour that will test all who are living upon earth.