5 Bible Verses about Beneficial Affliction In Furthering The Gospel

Now I want you to know, brethren, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel,

But Saul began ravaging the church, and, entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison. Now those who had been scattered went about preaching the word.

Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose in connection with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except Jews. But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus. The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.

for which I am suffering even to the point of wearing chains like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained. Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

At my first defense no one came to my support, but all deserted me; may it not be counted against them. But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was rescued from the lion's mouth.