6 Bible Verses about Afflictions Of Ministers

So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And in the morning I did as I was commanded.

Even to this present hour we both hunger and thirst. We are naked. We are treated badly and we are homeless.

in beatings, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watching, in fasting;

Are they ministers of Christ? I speak as a fool. I am more in labors more abundant, beaten beyond number, in prisons more frequent, in deaths often.

I was given a painful physical ailment that will keep me from being puffed up with pride because of the many wonderful things I saw. It acts as Satan's messenger to beat me and keep me from being proud.

We do not want anyone to be discouraged by these troubles. You know we were bound to suffer persecution.