13 Bible Verses about Afflictions, In Christian Living

And they have no root in themselves, but are temporary; then tribulation or persecution arising on account of the word, they are immediately offended:

But be thou sober in all things, suffer affliction, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.

And you became imitators of us, and the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation, with the joy of the Holy Ghost;

that no one should be shaken in these tribulations. For you know that for this we are appointed.

persecutions, sufferings; such as came to me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; such persecutions as I endured: and the Lord delivered me out of them all.

For the light burden of our affliction, which is evanescent, is working out for us an eternal weight of glory according to hyperbole unto hyperbole;

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As has been written, that We are killed all day for thy sake; we are counted as sheep of the slaughter. But in all these we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.read more.
For I am persuaded that, neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

so that we ourselves rejoice over you in the churches of God, on account of your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations which you endure; the manifestation of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you indeed suffer: if indeed it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them who are troubling you,read more.
and to you who are troubled, rest with us, in the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven with the angels of his power

And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for power is made perfect in weakness. Therefore most delightfully I will glory the more in my infirmities, in order that the power of Christ may abide on me.

I have spoken these things to you, in order that you may have peace in me. In the world you have tribulation: but take courage; I have conquered the world.

strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to abide in the faith, and it behooves them through many tribulations to enter into the kingdom of God.

because the blessing is conferred on you in behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but indeed to suffer for him:

but as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, rejoice; in order that you may also rejoice in the revelation of his glory, being glad. If you suffer reproach in the name of Christ, happy are you, because the spirit of the glory and the spirit of God rest on you.