Philippians 1:29 – For it has been given unto you in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake
Deuteronomy 8:3 – And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
2 Corinthians 2:4 – For out of much affliction and anguish I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
2 Corinthians 4:17 – For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.
Romans 8:17-18: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, then we may be also glorified together. For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy of the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Acts 14:22 – And that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
Philippians 3:10 – That I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death.
Psalm 119:71 – It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
Job 23:10 – For he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
James 1:2 – Count it all joy when ye fall into diverse trials.
Isaiah 48:10 – Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee the in the furnace of affliction.
2Timothy 1:8 – Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the affliction of the gospel according to the power of God.
Psalm 119:75 – I know, o LORD, that thy judgements are right, and that thou in faithfulness has afflicted me.
1Peter 4:12 – Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you.
2Timothy 3:12 – Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
Hebrews 2:10 – For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
2Timothy 2:3 – Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ.
