Colossians 1:24
I am now glad to be suffering for you, and in my own person I am filling in what is lacking in Christ's sufferings for His body, that is, the church.
Romans 5:3
And not only that, but this too: let us continue exulting in our sufferings, for we know that suffering produces endurance,
2 Timothy 1:8
So you must never be ashamed of me His prisoner, but suffer for the good news in fellowship with me and by the power of God.
2 Corinthians 7:4
I have the greatest confidence in you; I speak most highly of you. I am fully comforted; in the face of all my sorrow my cup is running over with joy.
Philippians 3:10
Yes, I long to come to know Him; that is, the power of His resurrection and so to share with Him his sufferings as to be continuously transformed by His death,
Colossians 1:18
Yes, He is the Head of the church as His body. For He is the beginning, the first-born among the dead, so that He alone should stand first in everything.
Matthew 5:11-12
"Blessed are you when people abuse you, and persecute you, and keep on falsely telling all sorts of evil against you for my sake.
Acts 5:41
So they went out from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer disgrace for Jesus' name;
2 Corinthians 1:5-8
For just as my sufferings for Christ are running over the cup, so through Christ my comfort is running over too.
2 Corinthians 4:8-12
On every side I am ever hard-pressed, but never hemmed in; always perplexed, but never to the point of despair;
2 Corinthians 11:23-27
Are they ministers of Christ? So am I. I am talking like a man that has gone crazy -- as such I am superior! -- serving Him with labors greater by far, with far more imprisonments, with floggings vastly worse, and often at the point of death.
Ephesians 1:23
which is His body, that is being filled by Him who fills everything everywhere.
Ephesians 3:1
This is why I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of the heathen --
Ephesians 3:13
So I beg you not to lose heart over the sorrows that I am suffering for your sake, for they bring you honor.
Philippians 2:17-18
Yes, even if I am pouring out my life as a libation on the sacrifice and service your faith is rendering, I am glad to do so and congratulate you upon it;
2 Timothy 2:9-10
for the sake of which I am suffering hardships even to the extent of wearing chains as though I were a criminal. But God's message is not in chains.
James 1:2
You must consider it the purest joy, my brothers, when you are involved in various trials,