Suffering for Christ

I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”

And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him. …

In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.

We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;

…when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.

And our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort.

For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body. …

For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him,

He was sick indeed, nearly unto death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow. …

I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.

That is why we boast among God’s churches about your perseverance and faith in the face of all the persecution and affliction you are enduring.

All this is clear evidence of God’s righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering.

…if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;

Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.