2 Corinthians 4:17
For our momentary light affliction is producing in us an eternal weight of glory {beyond all measure and proportion},
Romans 8:18
For I consider that the sufferings of the present time are not worthy [to be compared] with the glory that is about to be revealed to us.
1 Peter 5:10
And the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ, [after you] have suffered for a short time, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, [and] establish [you].
Psalm 30:5
For [there is] a moment in his anger; [there is] a lifetime in his favor. Weeping lodges for the evening, but in the morning [comes] rejoicing.
Romans 5:3-5
And not only [this], but we also boast in our afflictions, [because we] know that affliction produces patient endurance,
Genesis 15:1
After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying: "Do not be afraid, Abram; I [am] your shield, [and] your reward [shall be] very great."
Psalm 31:19
How abundant [is] your goodness that you have stored up for [those who] fear you, that you perform for those who take refuge in you before [the] children of humankind.
Psalm 73:24
You will guide me with your advice, and afterward you will take me [into] honor.
Psalm 119:67
Before I was afflicted, I was going astray, but now I heed your word.
Psalm 119:71
[It is] good for me that I was afflicted, so that I might learn your statutes.
Isaiah 54:8
I hid my face from you [for] a moment, in the flowing of anger, but I will have compassion on you with everlasting faithfulness" says your redeemer, Yahweh.
Isaiah 64:4
And since ancient [times] they have not heard, have not listened, no eye has seen a God except you; he {acts} for the one who waits for him.
Matthew 5:12
Rejoice and be glad, because your reward [is] great in heaven, for in the [same] way they persecuted the prophets before you.
Luke 6:23
Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward [is] great in heaven. For their fathers used to do the same [things] to the prophets.
Acts 20:23
except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in town [after town], saying that bonds and persecutions await me.
Romans 2:7
to those who, by perseverance in good work, seek glory and honor and immortality, eternal life,
Romans 8:34
Who [is] the one who condemns? Christ [is] the one who died, and more than that, who was raised, who is also at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.
Romans 8:37
[No], but in all these [things] we prevail completely through the one who loved us.
1 Corinthians 2:9
But just as it is written, "[Things] which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and have not entered into the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love him."
2 Corinthians 3:18
And we all, with unveiled face, reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory into glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
2 Corinthians 11:23-28
Are they servants of Christ?--I am speaking as though I were beside myself--I [am] more so, with far greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with beatings to a much greater degree, in [danger of] death many times.
Philippians 1:19
for I know that this will turn out to me for deliverance through your prayer and the support of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
2 Thessalonians 1:4
so that we ourselves boast in you in the churches of God about your patient endurance and faith in all your persecutions and the afflictions that you are enduring,
2 Thessalonians 1:6
since [it is] righteous in the sight of God to pay back those who are afflicting you with affliction,
Hebrews 12:10-11
For they disciplined [us] for a few days according to what seemed [appropriate] to them, but he [does so] for our benefit, in order that [we] can have a share in his holiness.
James 1:3-4
[because you] know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
James 1:12
Blessed [is] the person who endures testing, because [when he] is approved he will receive the crown of life that he has promised to those who love him.
1 Peter 1:6-8
in which you rejoice greatly, [although] now for a short time, if necessary, you are distressed by various trials,
1 Peter 4:7
Now the end of all [things] draws near. Therefore be self-controlled and sober-minded for [your] prayers.
1 John 3:2
Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that whenever he is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him just as he is.
Jude 1:24
Now to the one who is able to protect you from stumbling and make [you] to stand before his glory blameless with exultation,