I most solemnly say to you, you will weep and wail, but the world will be glad; you will grieve but your grief will be turned into gladness. Verse Concepts

1 Peter 1:6

1 Peter 5:10

And God, the giver of every spiritual blessing, who through your union with Christ has called you to His eternal glory, after you have suffered a little while, will Himself make you perfect, firm, and strong, Verse Concepts

Benedictions » Other passages appropriate to use as

Ephesians 3:20

To Him who by His power that is at work within us can do surpassingly more than all we ask or imagine, Verse Concepts

1 Peter 5:10

Numbers 6:24

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1 Timothy 1:17

Hebrews 13:20

May God, who gives us peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, who through the blood by which He ratified the everlasting covenant, is now the Great Shepherd of the sheep, Verse Concepts

Call » To special religious duty » All who are called of God

1 Peter 5:10

Revelation 17:14

2 Peter 1:10

Romans 8:30

and those whom He marked off as His own He also calls; and those whom He calls He brings into right standing with Himself; those whom He brings into right standing with Himself He also glorifies. Verse Concepts

1 Corinthians 1:2

1 Corinthians 1:9

1 Corinthians 1:24

but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks alike, the Christ who is God's power and God's wisdom. Verse Concepts

1 Thessalonians 2:11-12

for you know how, as a father deals with his children, we used to encourage you, cheer you on, and charge each of you to live lives worthy of God who calls you into His kingdom and His glory.

2 Thessalonians 2:13-14

We ought always to be thanking God for you, brothers dearly loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through the Spirit's consecration of you and through your faith in the truth, and to this end He called you by our preaching of the good news, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Timothy 1:9

For He saved us and called us with a holy call, not in accordance with anything that we had done, but in accordance with His own purpose and unmerited favor which was shown us through union with Christ Jesus eternal ages ago, Verse Concepts

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Hebrews 3:1-2

Therefore, my Christian brothers, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the Messenger and High Priest whom we profess to follow, to see how faithful He was to God who appointed Him, just as Moses was in all the house of God.

Hebrews 3:7-8

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: "If you but hear His voice today, You must not harden your hearts as they did in provoking me, as on the day in the desert they tested me,

2 Peter 1:3

because His divine power has given us everything that is needful for life and piety, through our full knowledge of Him who through His glory and excellence has called us to Him. Verse Concepts

Jude 1:1

Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ, and a brother of James, to those who have been called, who are beloved by God the Father and have been kept through union with Jesus Christ: Verse Concepts

The call of God » To man is » To the eternal glory of Christ

1 Peter 5:10

2 Thessalonians 2:14

and to this end He called you by our preaching of the good news, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Verse Concepts

Calling » The lord calling

1 Peter 5:10

Galatians 1:15-16

But when God, who had already set me apart from my birth, and had called me by His unmerited favor, chose to unveil His Son in me, so that I might preach the good news about Him among the heathen, at once, before I conferred with any human creatures,

1 Corinthians 1:9

1 Thessalonians 4:7

For God did not call us to a life of immorality, but to one of personal purity. Verse Concepts

Isaiah 49:1-5

Jeremiah 1:4-5

1 Corinthians 7:17-21

Only, everybody must continue to live in the station which the Lord assigned to him, in that in which God called him. These are my orders in all the churches. Has a man been called after he was circumcised? He must not try to change it. Has a man been called without being circumcised? He must not be circumcised. Being circumcised or not being circumcised has no value, but keeping God's commands is important. read more.
Everybody must remain in the station in which he was called. Were you called while a slave? Stop letting that annoy you. Yet, if you can win your freedom, take advantage of such an opportunity.

1 Thessalonians 5:23-24

May God Himself, who gave you peace, consecrate your whole being. May you be safely kept, spirit, soul, and body, so as to be blameless when our Lord Jesus Christ comes back. He who calls you is trustworthy and He will do this.

2 Peter 1:1-3

Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ have obtained the same precious faith that we have: spiritual blessing and peace be to you in increasing abundance through a full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; because His divine power has given us everything that is needful for life and piety, through our full knowledge of Him who through His glory and excellence has called us to Him.

Glory » Eternal » Inherited by saints

1 Peter 5:10

1 Samuel 2:8

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Colossians 3:4

When Christ, who is our life, appears, you too will appear to be glorified in fellowship with Him. Verse Concepts

Psalm 73:24

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Proverbs 3:35

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Glory » Eternal » Saints called to

1 Peter 5:10

2 Thessalonians 2:14

and to this end He called you by our preaching of the good news, so that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Verse Concepts

Grace » God is the God of all

1 Peter 5:10

Jesus Christ » Names of » Christ jesus

1 Peter 5:10

Hebrews 3:1

Acts 19:4

Then Paul said, "John baptized with a baptism that was an expression of repentance, telling the people to believe in Him who was to come after him; that is, in Jesus." Verse Concepts

Romans 8:1

1 Corinthians 1:2

Romans 3:24

but anybody may have right standing with God as a free gift of His undeserved favor, through the ransom provided in Christ Jesus. Verse Concepts

1 Corinthians 1:30

1 Peter 5:14

Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace to all of you that are in union with Christ. Verse Concepts

Perfection » Pray for

1 Peter 5:10

Hebrews 13:20-21

May God, who gives us peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, who through the blood by which He ratified the everlasting covenant, is now the Great Shepherd of the sheep, perfectly fit you to do His will, He Himself, through Jesus Christ, accomplishing through you what is pleasing to Him. To Him be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Suffering » For Christ

James 5:10

As an example of ill-treatment and patience, brothers, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord. Verse Concepts

1 Peter 5:10

1 Peter 4:13-14

but so far as you are sharing Christ's sufferings, keep on rejoicing, so that at the uncovering of His glory you may rejoice triumphantly. If you are suffering abuse because you bear the name of Christ, you are happy, because the glorious Spirit of God is resting upon you.

Colossians 1:24

Philippians 1:29

For it has been graciously granted to you for Christ's sake, not only to trust in Him but also to suffer for Him, Verse Concepts

2 Timothy 2:12

"If we patiently endure, we will reign with Him too. If we disown Him, He will disown us too. Verse Concepts

Acts 9:16

For I am going to show him how great are the sufferings he must endure for my name's sake." Verse Concepts

Philippians 3:10

Romans 8:26

In the same way the Spirit, too, is helping us in our weakness, for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself pleads for us with unspeakable yearnings, Verse Concepts

Romans 8:17-23

and if children, then also heirs, heirs of God and fellow-heirs with Christ if in reality we share His sufferings, so that we may share His glory too. For I consider all that we suffer in this present life is nothing to be compared with the glory which by-and-by is to be uncovered for us. For all nature is expectantly waiting for the unveiling of the sons of God. read more.
For nature did not of its own accord give up to failure; it was for the sake of Him who let it thus be given up, in the hope that even nature itself might finally be set free from its bondage to decay, so as to share the glorious freedom of God's children. Yes, we know that all nature has gone on groaning in agony together till the present moment. Not only that but this too, we ourselves who enjoy the Spirit as a foretaste of the future, even we ourselves, keep up our inner groanings while we wait to enter upon our adoption as God's sons at the redemption of our bodies.

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1 Corinthians 4:12-13

We have worked hard with our own hands for a living. When abused by people, we bless them. When persecuted, we patiently bear it. When we are slandered by them, we try to conciliate them. To this very hour we have been made the filth of the world, the scum of the universe!

2 Corinthians 1:7

My hope for you is well founded; because I know that just as you, brothers, are sharers of my sufferings, so you will be sharers of my comfort too. Verse Concepts

2 Corinthians 4:11-18

For all the time I continue to live I am being given up to death for Jesus' sake, so that in my mortal lower nature the life of Jesus may be clearly shown. So it is death that works in me, but it is life that works in you. Now since I have the same spirit of faith as he who said in the Scriptures, "I believed, and so I spoke," I too believe, and so I speak, read more.
because I know that He who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will raise me too in fellowship with you. For everything is for your sakes, in order that His favor by multiplying the thanksgiving of many may make the cup run over to the praise of God. So I never give up; instead, although my outer nature is wasting away, my inner nature is constantly renewed from day to day. For this slight and momentary sorrow continues to accumulate for me a solid and eternal glory far beyond any comparison, because I do not keep my eyes on things that are seen but things that are unseen. For things that are seen are temporary, but things that are unseen are eternal.

Philippians 2:27-30

For he was so sick that he was on the point of dying, but God took pity on him, and not only on him but on me too, to keep me from having one sorrow after another. I very eagerly send him, so that when you see him you may be glad of it, and I may be less sorrowful. So give him a hearty Christian welcome and hold in honor men like him, read more.
because he came near dying for the sake of the Lord's work and risked his life to make up for your lack of opportunity to minister to me.

2 Thessalonians 1:4-5

so that we are always boasting of you among the churches of God for your patient endurance and faith, in spite of your persecutions and crushing sorrows which you are enduring. This is a proof of God's righteous judgment, His aim being to let you show yourselves worthy of His kingdom, for which you are suffering; since,

Suffering » Who shall suffer persecution

2 Timothy 3:12

Yes, indeed, everyone who wants to live a godly life as a follower of Christ Jesus will be persecuted. Verse Concepts

1 Corinthians 4:9-13

For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on exhibition at the disgraced end of the procession, as they do with men who are doomed to die in the arena. For we have become a spectacle to the universe, to angels as well as men. For Christ's sake we are held as fools, while you through union with Christ are men of wisdom. We are weak; you are strong. You are held in honor; we in dishonor. To this very hour we have gone hungry, thirsty, poorly clad; we have been roughly knocked around; we have had no home. read more.
We have worked hard with our own hands for a living. When abused by people, we bless them. When persecuted, we patiently bear it. When we are slandered by them, we try to conciliate them. To this very hour we have been made the filth of the world, the scum of the universe!

1 Peter 5:8-10

Be calm and alert. Your opponent the devil is always prowling about like a roaring lion, trying to devour you. Resist him and be strong in faith, because you know that your brotherhood all over the world is experiencing the same sort of sufferings. And God, the giver of every spiritual blessing, who through your union with Christ has called you to His eternal glory, after you have suffered a little while, will Himself make you perfect, firm, and strong,