Colossians 1:24
I am suffering now on your behalf, but I rejoice in that; I would make up the full sum of all that Christ has to suffer in my person on behalf of the church, his Body;
Romans 5:3
Not only so, but we triumph even in our troubles, knowing that trouble produces endurance,
2 Timothy 1:8
So do not be ashamed to testify to our Lord, and do not be ashamed of a prisoner of the Lord like me; join me in bearing suffering for the gospel by the power of the God
2 Corinthians 7:4
I have absolute confidence in you, I am indeed proud of you, you are a perfect comfort to me, I am overflowing with delight, for all the trouble I have to bear.
Philippians 3:10
I would know him in the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, with my nature transformed to die as he died,
Colossians 1:18
Also, he is the head of the Body, that is, of the church, in virtue of his primacy as the first to be born from the dead ??that gives him pre-eminence over all.
Matthew 5:11-12
Blessed are you when men denounce you and persecute you and utter all manner of evil against you for my sake;
Acts 5:41
The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy of suffering dishonour for the sake of the Name;
2 Corinthians 1:5-8
For as the sufferings of Christ are abundant in my case, so my comfort is also abundant through Christ.
2 Corinthians 4:8-12
on every side I am harried but not hemmed in, perplexed but not despairing,
2 Corinthians 11:23-27
Ministers of Christ? yes perhaps, but not as much as I am (I am mad to talk like this!), with all my labours, with all my lashes, with all my time in prison ??a record longer far than theirs. I have been often at the point of death;
Ephesians 1:23
the church which is his Body, filled by him who fills the universe entirely.
Ephesians 3:1
For this reason I Paul, I whom Jesus has made a prisoner for the sake of you Gentiles ??2 for surely you have heard how the grace of God which was vouchsafed me in your interests has ordered it,
Ephesians 3:13
So I beg of you not to lose heart over what I am suffering on your behalf; my sufferings are an honour to you.
Philippians 2:17-18
Even if my life-blood has to be poured as a libation on the sacred sacrifice of faith you are offering to God, I rejoice, I congratulate you all ??18 and you in turn must rejoice and congratulate me.
2 Timothy 2:9-10
for which I have to suffer imprisonment as if I were a criminal. (But there is no prison for the word of God.)
James 1:2
Greet it as pure joy, my brothers, when you come across any sort of trial,