5 Bible Verses about Afflicted Saints, Examples Of

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

And now, behold, I go to Jerusalem bound in spirit, not knowing the things which shall come upon me in it: except that the Holy Ghost in every city witnesses to me, saying that bonds and tribulations await me. But I consider my life worthy of no consideration to myself, so as to finish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to bear testimony to the gospel of the grace of God.

being scandalized, we entreat: we have become as the offscourings of the world, the refuse of all things until now.

but in everything commending ourselves, as the ministers of God, in much patience, in tribulations, in straits, in difficulties, in stripes, in prisons, in tumults, in labors, in vigils, in fastings; by purity, by knowledge, by long suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,read more.
by the word of truth, by the power of God; through the arms of righteousness right and left, through glory and dishonor, through evil report and good report; as deceivers, and true; as being unknown, and perfectly known; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowing, and always rejoicing; as poor, and making many rich; as having nothing, and possessing all things.

And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight: and I am no more worthy to be called thy son.