2 Corinthians 6:4
but in all things I approve myself as the minister of God, by great constancy in afflictions, in torments, in distresses, from stripes,
1 Corinthians 3:5
who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye have received faith according to the divine gifts imparted to each of them?
2 Corinthians 3:6
who also hath enabled me to be a minister of the new covenant, not of the literal sense, but of the spiritual meaning: it is the letter that denounces death, but the spirit gives life.
2 Corinthians 4:8
I am press'd on every side, yet not crush'd; perplexed, but not in despair;
2 Corinthians 12:10
I take pleasure then in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am afflicted, then it is I have fortitude.
2 Corinthians 12:12
the marks indeed of an apostle I have shown among you by my extreme patience, by signs, and prodigies, and miracles.
Luke 21:19
by your perseverance you will save your souls.
Acts 2:22
ye men of Israel attend to what I say; Jesus of Nazareth was a man whom God distinguished among you, by miracles, by prodigies, and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as you your selves also know:
Acts 9:16
for I will make him see how much he must suffer for my name.
Acts 20:23-24
save what the holy spirit in every city declares, "that bonds and afflictions wait for me."
Acts 20:34
you yourselves can witness, that what was necessary for myself and those who were with me, these very hands have supply'd.
Romans 5:3-4
and not only so, but we triumph in tribulation also, knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, probation;
Romans 5:8
but herein hath God displayed his love towards us, in that Christ died for us, even while we were yet sinners.
Romans 8:35-36
what shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or penury, or peril, or sword?
Romans 14:18
for he that thus pays his allegiance to Christ, is acceptable to God, and approved of men.
Romans 16:10
and my dear Stachys. salute Apelles, an approved christian. salute the family of Aristobulus.
1 Corinthians 4:1
Let men consider us, as the ministers of Christ, who dispense the divine mysteries.
1 Corinthians 4:11-12
to this very day we suffer both hunger, thirst, and penury: we are buffeted from place to place, as vagabonds:
1 Corinthians 9:11
if for your benefit we have sown spirituals, is it so extraordinary if we should reap some benefit from your temporals?
2 Corinthians 2:17
for we are not like others, who adulterate the word of God; but we preach the pure gospel of Christ, as I receiv'd it from God, and as in the presence of God.
2 Corinthians 4:2
renouncing all secret dishonesty, and void of all artifice, I deliver the word of God unadulterated, and recommend my self by urging the truth home to every man's conscience, as in the presence of God.
2 Corinthians 4:17
for the light affliction, which I at present suffer, will be infinitely over-ballanced by an eternal weight of glory;
2 Corinthians 7:11
'tis observable, even this religious sorrow which you had, what solicitude has it not wrought in you, what apologies, what indignation, what fear, what desire, what zeal, yea, what revenge! so that by your whole conduct, ye have shown your selves to be clear from guilt in this matter.
2 Corinthians 11:9
when I was present among you, and in want, I was chargeable to no man: for the brethren which came from Macedonia, supplied my necessities: and as I have, so I always shall keep myself from being burdensome to you.
2 Corinthians 11:23
so am I: are they ministers of Christ? is it my vanity? I am more so: in toilsome labours I surpass them, in stripes I am exceedingly beyond them, in prisons I have been oftner, and frequently in the very jaws of death.
2 Corinthians 11:27
expos'd to toil, to fatigue, to frequent watchings, to hunger and thirst, to frequent fastings, to cold and penury.
Philippians 4:11-12
it is not my indigence that makes me say this: for I have learn'd, in whatevever state I am, therewith to be content: I know how to be in want,
Colossians 1:11
being fortified in so effectual a manner, as to sustain your trials with constancy and joy:
Colossians 1:24
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and am filling up the measure of those remaining afflictions, which in my turn I am to suffer in this life, in the cause of Christ, for the sake of his body, which is the church:
1 Thessalonians 2:3-11
for our doctrine was free from all imposture, avarice, and fraud.
1 Thessalonians 3:2-3
a minister of God, and our collegue in preaching the gospel of Christ, that by establishing you in the faith, and by his exhortations,
1 Thessalonians 3:7
Thus, my brethren, your conduct has given us great consolation, under all our persecutions and distress.
1 Thessalonians 5:14
and we exhort you, brethren, reprove the disorderly, comfort the pusillanimous, support the weak, and be patient toward all men.
1 Timothy 2:15
however the women may be saved by educating their children, and persevering themselves in faith, in charity, in holiness and chastity. this may be depended upon as true.
1 Timothy 4:6
If you represent these things to the brethren, you will appear to be a true minister of Jesus Christ, brought up in the institutions of faith, and the true doctrine to which you were attach'd.
1 Timothy 6:11
As for you the minister of God, avoid those things: adhere to justice, piety, faith, charity, patience, and benignity of temper.
2 Timothy 1:8
be not therefore asham'd of the testimony of the Lord, nor of me who am a prisoner upon his account. but share with me in the afflictions, which attend the gospel, supported as you are by the power of God,
2 Timothy 2:24
a christian must not be litigious, but easy to all men, qualify'd to instruct,
2 Timothy 3:10-12
As for me, you are perfectly acquainted with my doctrine, my conduct, my designs, my temper, my benevolence, my constancy,
2 Timothy 4:5
be you then entirely upon the watch: be insensible to toil: perform the work of an evangelist, and discharge your ministerial function.
Hebrews 12:1
Wherefore, since we are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every incumbrance, and the sin which does so easily embarrass us, and let us pursue with constancy the course that is proposed to us:
James 5:7-10
As for you, my brethren, bear your sufferings with constancy, till the advent of the Lord. the farmer, from the prospect of a golden crop, patiently expects the showers of the spring and the autumn.
Revelation 1:9
I JOHN, who am your brother, and partake in the tribulation, in the reign, and in the patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony I gave of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 3:10
because you have kept my precept about patience, I also will keep you in the time of persecution, which shall happen to all the world, to try the inhabitants of the earth.