'Afflictions' in the Bible

except that in town after town the Holy Spirit testifies to me that chains and afflictions are waiting for me.

And not only that, but we also rejoice in our afflictions, because we know that affliction produces endurance,

But as God’s ministers, we commend ourselves in everything:by great endurance, by afflictions,by hardship, by difficulties,

I have great confidence in you; I have great pride in you. I am filled with encouragement; I am overcome with joy in all our afflictions.

So then I ask you not to be discouraged over my afflictions on your behalf, for they are your glory.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I am completing in my flesh what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for His body, that is, the church.

Therefore, we ourselves boast about you among God’s churches—about your endurance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions you endure.

Sometimes you were publicly exposed to taunts and afflictions, and at other times you were companions of those who were treated that way.