2 Corinthians 4:17

Living By Faith

¹⁶ Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day. ¹⁷ For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison ¹⁸ because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal.

For Us

In Me

On Earth

Romans 8:18

For I consider that our present sufferings cannot even be compared to the glory that will be revealed to us.

1 Peter 5:10

And, after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

Psalm 30:5

For his anger lasts only a brief moment, and his good favor restores one's life. One may experience sorrow during the night, but joy arrives in the morning.

Romans 5:3-5

Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

Genesis 15:1

After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: "Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and the one who will reward you in great abundance."

Psalm 31:19

How great is your favor, which you store up for your loyal followers! In plain sight of everyone you bestow it on those who take shelter in you.

Psalm 73:24

You guide me by your wise advice, and then you will lead me to a position of honor.

Psalm 119:67

Before I was afflicted I used to stray off, but now I keep your instructions.

Psalm 119:71

It was good for me to suffer, so that I might learn your statutes.

Isaiah 54:8

In a burst of anger I rejected you momentarily, but with lasting devotion I will have compassion on you," says your protector, the Lord.

Isaiah 64:4

Since ancient times no one has heard or perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who intervenes for those who wait for him.

Matthew 5:12

Rejoice and be glad because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.

Luke 6:23

Rejoice in that day, and jump for joy, because your reward is great in heaven. For their ancestors did the same things to the prophets.

Acts 20:23

except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.

Romans 2:7

eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality,

Romans 8:34

Who is the one who will condemn? Christ is the one who died (and more than that, he was raised), who is at the right hand of God, and who also is interceding for us.

Romans 8:37

No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us!

1 Corinthians 2:9

But just as it is written, "Things that no eye has seen, or ear heard, or mind imagined, are the things God has prepared for those who love him."

2 Corinthians 3:18

And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, which is from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 11:23-28

Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so: with much greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with more severe beatings, facing death many times.

Philippians 1:19

for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 1:4

As a result we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions you are enduring.

2 Thessalonians 1:6

For it is right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

Hebrews 12:10-11

For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness.

James 1:3-4

because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

James 1:12

Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.

1 Peter 1:6-8

This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials.

1 Peter 4:7

For the culmination of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of prayer.

1 John 3:2

Dear friends, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that whenever it 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 keep you from falling, and to cause you to stand, rejoicing, without blemish before his glorious presence,