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

But as God’s servants, we have commended ourselves in every way, with great endurance, in persecutions, in difficulties, in distresses,

For this reason I ask you not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.

so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this.

At times you were publicly exposed to abuse and afflictions, and at other times you came to share with others who were treated in that way.

As a result we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions you are enduring.