6 Bible Verses about Afflicted Saints, Examples Of

choosing rather to suffer evil with the people of God than to enjoy the pleasure of sin for a season;

And now, behold, I am going, bound in spirit, to Jerusalem, not knowing what shall befall me there, except that in every city the Holy Spirit testifies to me, saying, That bonds and afflictions await me. But I esteem this a matter of no importance, nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry that I have received from the Lord Jesus, to bear full testimony to the gospel of the grace of God.

But Paul answered: What do you effect by weeping, and breaking my heart? For I am ready, not only to be bound, but also to suffer death in Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.

when defamed, we entreat; we have become like the outcasts of the world, the offscouring of all things to this day.

but in all things we commend ourselves as the ministers of God, in much suffering, in afflictions, in distresses, in straits, in stripes, in prisons,, in commotions, in labors, in watchings, in fastings; by purity, by knowledge, by long forbearance, by kindness, by the Holy Spirit, by love unfeigned,read more.
by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, by honor and dishonor, by evil report, and good report; as impostors, yet truthful; as unknown, yet well-known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and yet not put to death; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing all things.

But his son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight, and am no longer worthy to be called your son.