RUTH 1 : 13
would you therefore wait until they were grown? would you therefore stay from having husbands? nay, my daughters, for it grieves me much for your sakes, for the hand of Yahweh is gone forth against me.
would you therefore wait until they were grown? would you therefore stay from having husbands? nay, my daughters, for it grieves me much for your sakes, for the hand of Yahweh is gone forth against me.
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, That I may learn your statutes.
Like as many were astonished at you (his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men),
Now when Jesus heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee.
He said to them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should suffer many things and be despised?
except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me.
When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. Or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.
For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,
And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.
that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death;
For you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews;
For most assuredly, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction, even as it happened, and you know.
But you be sober in all things, suffer hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.
For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come.
For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.
though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered.
But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings;
For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.
Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.
Remember those who are in bonds, as bound with them; and those who are ill-treated, since you are also in the body.
Therefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered outside of the gate.
For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if, when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God.
For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving you{TR reads "us" instead of "you"} an example, that you should follow his steps,
But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. "Don't fear what they fear, neither be troubled."
For it is better, if the will of God should so will, that you suffer for doing well than for doing evil.
Forasmuch then as Christ suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same mind; for he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin;
But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.
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.
Withstand him steadfast in your faith, knowing that your brothers who are in the world are undergoing the same sufferings.
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.
It was given to him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them. Authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation was given to him.