1 Peter 1:6

1:6 This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials.

Matthew 5:12

5:12 Rejoice and be glad because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.

Luke 6:22-23

6:22 “Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil on account of the Son of Man! 6:23 Rejoice in that day, and jump for joy, because your reward is great in heaven. For their ancestors did the same things to the prophets.

Acts 5:41

5:41 So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name.

Acts 16:25

16:25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the rest of the prisoners were listening to them.

Romans 5:3

5:3 Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

Romans 5:2

5:2 through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God’s glory.

Colossians 4:17

4:17 And tell Archippus, “See to it that you complete the ministry you received in the Lord.”

Colossians 1:9-10

Paul’s Prayer for the Growth of the Church

1:9 For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 1:10 so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects – bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God,

James 1:2-3

Joy in Trials

1:2 My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials, 1:3 because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance.