2 Corinthians 1:7

He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.

Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,

And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,

For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.

Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.

Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;

But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

and said to them, “Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation.”

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death,

From now on, the crown of righteousness is stored up for me, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

If it happens, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace; and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king.

Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.’

“His lord said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a few things, I will set you over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.’

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, for those who are called according to his purpose.

He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it.

You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin.

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I will come out like gold.

So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

But whoever denies me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.

But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one.

Don’t be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep you from the hour of testing which is to come on the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth.

The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn’t fall, for it was founded on the rock.

For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory,

If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise.

Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”

When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that doesn’t fade away.

I John, your brother and partner with you in the oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God’s Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams; for Yahweh your God is testing you, to know whether you love Yahweh your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.

The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahweh tests the hearts.

I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’ ”

You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.

He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.

God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Isn’t it even you, before our Lord Jesus at his coming?

who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before times eternal,

You therefore must endure hardship as a good soldier of Christ Jesus.

that being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.

But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.”

Therefore let them also who suffer according to the will of God in doing good entrust their souls to him, as to a faithful Creator.

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so that no one takes your crown.

I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God, and such as didn’t worship the beast nor his image, and didn’t receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

Know therefore that Yahweh your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with them who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,

But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job didn’t sin with his lips.

“Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

Yahweh examines the righteous, but his soul hates the wicked and him who loves violence.

Righteousness will be the belt of his waist, and faithfulness the belt of his waist.

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

They are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness.

Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Then the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;

Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into God’s Kingdom.

being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers,

who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

But as it is written, “Things which an eye didn’t see, and an ear didn’t hear, which didn’t enter into the heart of man, these God has prepared for those who love him.”

But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.

let’s hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.

By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.

But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.

that the proof of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes even though it is tested by fire, may be found to result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ—

For you were going astray like sheep; but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.

He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.

But because you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, rejoice, that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.

He said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”

I confer on you a kingdom, even as my Father conferred on me,

and if children, then heirs: heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.

as also you acknowledged us in part, that we are your boasting, even as you also are ours, in the day of our Lord Jesus.

I now rejoice, not that you were grieved, but that you were grieved to repentance. For you were grieved in a godly way, that you might suffer loss by us in nothing.

For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you don’t desire, that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, or riots,

If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he also will deny us.

Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession: Jesus,

Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.