Verse of the Day

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

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely he took up our infirmities and he carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted.

We also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.

For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God.

You became imitators of us and of the Lord; in spite of severe suffering, you welcomed the message with the joy given by the Holy Spirit. And so you became a model to all the believers...

I am suffering ... Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day.

You became imitators of us and of the Lord; in spite of severe suffering, you welcomed the message with the joy given by the Holy Spirit.

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.

Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope.

The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. Now if we are children, then we are heirs — — heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.

I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us.

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