14 Bible Verses about Afflictions, In Christian Living

but since they don't have any roots, they last for only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes along because of the word, they immediately fall away.

But you must be clear-headed about everything. Endure suffering. Do the work of an evangelist. Devote yourself completely to your ministry.

You became imitators of us and of the Lord. In spite of a great deal of suffering, you welcomed the word with the joy that the Holy Spirit produces.

so that no one would be shaken by these persecutions, for which you are aware that we were destined.

and how I was persecuted and suffered in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.

This light, temporary nature of our suffering is producing for us an everlasting weight of glory, far beyond any comparison,

Who will separate us from the Messiah's love? Can trouble, distress, persecution, hunger, nakedness, danger, or a violent death do this? As it is written, "For your sake we are being put to death all day long. We are thought of as sheep headed for slaughter." In all these things we are triumphantly victorious due to the one who loved us. read more.
For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor anything above, nor anything below, nor anything else in all creation can separate us from the love of God that is ours in union with the Messiah Jesus, our Lord.

A righteous person will have many troubles, but the LORD will deliver him from them all.

As a result, we rejoice about you among God's churches about your endurance and faith through all the persecutions and afflictions you are experiencing. This is evidence of God's righteous judgment and is intended to make you worthy of God's kingdom, for which you are suffering. Certainly it is right for God to pay back those who afflict you with affliction, read more.
and to give us who are afflicted relief when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels

but he has told me, "My grace is all you need, because my power is perfected in weakness." Therefore, I will most happily boast about my weaknesses, so that the Messiah's power may rest on me.

I have told you this so that through me you may have peace. In the world you'll have trouble, but be courageous I've overcome the world!"

strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. "We must endure many hardships," they said, "to get into the kingdom of God."

For you have been given the privilege for the Messiah's sake not only to believe in him but also to suffer for him.

Instead, because you are participating in the sufferings of the Messiah, keep on rejoicing, so that you may be glad and shout for joy when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted because of the name of the Messiah, you are blessed, for the glorious Spirit of God is resting on you.