But mankind is born for trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.

Man born of woman is short of days and full of trouble.

Many adversities come to the one who is righteous, but the Lord delivers him from them all.

Lord, happy is the man You discipline and teach from Your law

for the Lord disciplines the one He loves, just as a father, the son he delights in.

For He does not enjoy bringing affliction or suffering on mankind.

Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or anguish or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: Because of You we are being put to death all day long; we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered. read more. No, in all these things we are more than victorious through Him who loved us. For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will have the power to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord!

Therefore we do not give up; even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day. For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory. read more. So we do not focus on what is seen, but on what is unseen; for what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

especially because of the extraordinary revelations. Therefore, so that I would not exalt myself, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to torment me so I would not exalt myself. Concerning this, I pleaded with the Lord three times to take it away from me. read more. But He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may reside in me. So because of Christ, I am pleased in weaknesses, in insults, in catastrophes, in persecutions, and in pressures. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.

Blessed is a man who endures trials, because when he passes the test he will receive the crown of life that He has promised to those who love Him.