6 Bible Verses about Afflicted Saints, Examples Of

chusing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to have the temporary enjoyment of sin:

And now, being constrained by the spirit, behold I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will befal me there: save that the holy Spirit testifieth in every city, that bonds and afflictions await me. But none of these things move me, nor do I account my life dear, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

But Paul answered, What do ye mean, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

We are made as the filth of the world, and the refuse of all things to this day.

but in every thing approving ourselves as the ministers of God; by much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in straits, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings; by purity, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the holy Spirit,read more.
by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, with the armour of righteousness on the right and on the left; through honor and dishonor, through evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, but not put to death; as sorrowing, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing all things.

And his son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee, and am no longer worthy to be called thy son.