Revelation 7:14
7:14 So
I said to him, “My lord, you know the answer.”
Then
he said to me, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They
have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb!
John 16:33
16:33 I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering,
but take courage
– I have conquered the world.”
Acts 14:22
14:22 They strengthened
the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue
in the faith, saying, “We must enter the kingdom
of God through many persecutions.”
Romans 5:3
5:3 Not
only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
Romans 8:35
8:35 Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will trouble, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
Romans 12:12
12:12 Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.
Romans 12:1
Consecration of the Believer’s Life
12:1 Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice – alive, holy, and pleasing to God – which is your reasonable service.
Romans 3:4
3:4 Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being
shown up as a liar,
just as it is written: “
so that you will be justified in your words and will prevail when you are judged.”
Romans 3:2
3:2 Actually, there are many advantages.
First of all,
the Jews
were entrusted with the oracles of God.
Romans 1:6-7
1:6 You also are among them,
called to belong to Jesus Christ.
1:7 To all those loved by God in Rome,
called to be saints:
Grace and peace to you
from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!