6 Bible Verses about Afflicted Saints, Examples Of

choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to have an enjoyment of sin for a time,

And behold now, I go constrained by the Spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things which shall befall me there, except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city, saying, That bonds and afflictions await me. But life precious to myself, I make of no account that I may finish my course and the service which I received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

But Paul answered, What do you do, to weep and break my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.

being defamed we entreat; we are made like the offscouring of the world and the vilest of all things, even till now.

but in every thing commending ourselves as ministers of God, in great patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in dissensions, in labors, in watchings, in fastings, in purity, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,read more.
in the word of truth, in the power of God; with the arms of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, with honor and dishonor, with evil report and good report; as deceivers and true, as unknown and well-known, as dying and behold we live, as chastened and not killed, as grieving but always rejoicing, as poor but making many rich, as having nothing and possessing all things.

And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned to Heaven, and before you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.