7 Bible Verses about Afflictions, Purpose Of
Most Relevant Verses
In all their suffering, He suffered,
and the Angel of His Presence saved them.
He redeemed them
because of His love and compassion;
He lifted them up and carried them
all the days of the past.
I will depart and return to My place
until they recognize their guilt and seek My face;
they will search for Me in their distress.
Look, I have refined you, but not as silver;
I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
He made their days end in futility,
their years in sudden disaster.
When He killed some of them,
the rest began to seek Him;
they repented and searched for God.
For our momentary light affliction is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory.