James 1:3

Trials, Testing, And Faith

² Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you are involved in various trials, ³ because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. ⁴ But you must let endurance have its full effect, so that you may be mature and complete, lacking nothing.

Trial Of Your Faith

Romans 5:3-4

Not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

Hebrews 10:36

For you need endurance, so that after you have done God's will you can receive what he has promised.

2 Peter 1:6

your knowledge with self-control, your self-control with endurance, your endurance with godliness,

Romans 2:7

eternal life to those who strive for glory, honor, and immortality by patiently doing good;

Romans 8:25

But if we hope for what we do not yet observe, we eagerly wait for it with patience.

Romans 8:28

And we know that for those who love God, that is, for those who are called according to his purpose, all things are working together for good.

Romans 15:4

For everything that was written long ago was written to instruct us, so that we might have hope through the endurance and encouragement that the Scriptures give us.

2 Corinthians 4:17

This light, temporary nature of our suffering is producing for us an everlasting weight of glory, far beyond any comparison,

Colossians 1:11

You are being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might, so that you might patiently endure everything with joy

2 Thessalonians 1:4

As a result, we rejoice about you among God's churches about your endurance and faith through all the persecutions and afflictions you are experiencing.

2 Thessalonians 3:5

May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the endurance of the Messiah.

Hebrews 12:1

Therefore, having so vast a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, and throwing off everything that hinders us and especially the sin that so easily entangles us, let us keep running with endurance the race set before us,

1 Peter 1:7

so that your genuine faith, which is more valuable than gold that perishes when tested by fire, may result in praise, glory, and honor when Jesus, the Messiah, is revealed.