Colossians 1:24
I am now rejoicing in my sufferings on your behalf; and I am filling up in my own body what is yet lacking of the sufferings of Christ in behalf of the church, his Body.
Romans 5:3
And not only so, but we are actually exulting also even in our troubles; for we know that trouble works fortitude,
2 Timothy 1:8
Do not then be ashamed to bear witness for our Lord, nor for me, his prisoner. Nay, join with me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
2 Corinthians 7:4
Great is my faith in you; great is my cheerful assurance in you. I am filled with comfort; in spite of all my troubles, my heart is overflowing with joy.
Philippians 3:10
I long to know him in the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, by sharing the likeness of his death;
Colossians 1:18
He is the head of his Body, the Church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, in order that in all things he may become preeminent.
Matthew 5:11-12
"Blessed are you when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my name's sake.
Acts 5:41
So they left Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been deemed worthy to suffer disgrace for the sake of the Name;
2 Corinthians 1:5-8
For just as I have more than my share in the sufferings of the Christ, so also through the Christ I have more than my share of comfort.
2 Corinthians 4:8-12
On every side I am hard pressed, yet not hemmed in; perplexed, but not in despair;
2 Corinthians 11:23-27
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as though I were beside myself), such, far, more, am I; in labors more abundant, in imprisonments also more abundant, in floggings beyond measure, in deaths often.
Ephesians 1:23
which is his body, the fulness of Him who fills the universe.
Ephesians 3:1
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles??2 for surely you have heard of the stewardship of the grace of God entrusted to me for you?
Ephesians 3:13
So I beg you not to lose heart over my tribulations in your behalf; they are your glory.
Philippians 2:17-18
Nay, even if my life is to be poured out as a libation upon the sacrifice and service of you faith,
2 Timothy 2:9-10
For preaching it I am suffering, and am even put in chains as a malefactor.
James 1:2
My brothers, when you are beset by various temptations, count it all joy,