Colossians 1:24
Now I rejoice in sufferings for you, and supply the deficiencies of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body, which is the church,
Romans 5:3
And not only [this], but we rejoice also in afflictions, knowing that affliction works out patience,
2 Timothy 1:8
Be not ashamed therefore of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but endure affliction with us in the gospel according to the power of God,
2 Corinthians 7:4
I have great boldness towards you, and great glorying on your account; I am full of comfort, I have a super-abounding joy in all our afflictions.
Philippians 3:10
that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the participation of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,
Colossians 1:18
and he is the head of the body, the church; who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, that he might himself be preeminent in all things,
Matthew 5:11-12
Blessed are you when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say every evil against you, falsely, for my sake.
Acts 5:41
They went therefore from the presence of the Sanhedrim, rejoicing that they were accounted worthy to suffer shame for the name of [Christ];
2 Corinthians 1:5-8
because as Christ's sufferings abound in us, so also through Christ does our comfort abound.
2 Corinthians 4:8-12
being afflicted in every thing but not distressed, being perplexed but not in despair,
2 Corinthians 11:23-27
Are they ministers of Christ? I speak foolishly, I am more; in labors most abundant, in stripes above measure, in imprisonments most abundant, in deaths often;
Ephesians 1:23
which is his body, the fullness of him that fills all things in all.
Ephesians 3:1
For this cause I Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ for you gentiles,
Ephesians 3:13
Wherefore I desire you not to faint on account of my afflictions for you, which are your glory.
Philippians 2:17-18
But if I am even poured out as a libation on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and congratulate you all;
2 Timothy 2:9-10
in which I suffer even to chains as an evil doer; but the word of God is not bound.
James 1:2
Account it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various trials,