Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
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Bible References
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2 Corinthians 11:23
Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as if I were out of my mind.)
Acts 20:23
except that the Holy Spirit, at town after town, testifies to me that imprisonment and suffering are awaiting me.
Romans 8:18
Why, what we now suffer I count as nothing in comparison with the glory which is soon to be manifested in us.
1 Peter 1:6
Rejoice triumphantly in the prospect of this, even if now, for a short time, you are compelled to sorrow amid various trials.
1 Peter 4:7
But the end of all things is now close at hand: therefore be sober-minded and temperate, so that you may give yourselves to prayer.
1 Peter 5:10
And God, the giver of all grace, who has called you to share His eternal glory, through Christ, after you have suffered for a short time, will Himself make you perfect, firm, and strong.
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Matthew 5:12
Be joyful and triumphant, because your reward is great in the Heavens; for so were the Prophets before you persecuted.
Romans 5:3
And not only so: we also exult in our sufferings, knowing as we do, that suffering produces fortitude;
Philippians 1:19
For I know that it will result in my salvation through your prayers and a bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,
2 Thessalonians 1:4
It so increases that we ourselves make honourable mention of you among the Churches of God because of your patience and faith amid all your persecutions and amid the afflictions which you are enduring.
Hebrews 12:10
It is true that they disciplined us for a few years according as they thought fit; but He does it for our certain good, in order that we may become sharers in His own holy character.
James 1:3
Be assured that the testing of your faith leads to power of endurance.
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2 Corinthians 3:18
And all of us, with unveiled faces, reflecting like bright mirrors the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same likeness, from one degree of radiant holiness to another, even as derived from the Lord the Spirit.
Luke 6:23
"Be glad at such a time, and dance for joy; for your reward is great in Heaven; for that is just the way their forefathers behaved to the Prophets!
Romans 2:7
to those on the one hand who, by lives of persistent right-doing, are striving for glory, honour and immortality, the Life of the Ages;
1 Corinthians 2:9
But--to use the words of Scripture--we speak of things which eye has not seen nor ear heard, and which have never entered the heart of man: all that God has in readiness for them that love Him.
1 Peter 1:7
The sorrow comes in order that the testing of your faith--being more precious than that of gold, which perishes and yet is proved by fire--may be found to result in praise and glory and honour at the re-appearing of Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 5:10
And God, the giver of all grace, who has called you to share His eternal glory, through Christ, after you have suffered for a short time, will Himself make you perfect, firm, and strong.
1 John 3:2
Dear friends, we are now God's children, but what we are to be in the future has not yet been fully revealed. We know that if Christ reappears we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him as He is.
Jude 1:24
But to Him who is able to keep you safe from stumbling, and cause you to stand in the presence of His glory free from blemish and full of exultant joy--
General references
Hebrews 13:14
For we have no permanent city here, but we are longing for the city which is soon to be ours.