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Suffering for Being a Christian
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you.
1 Corinthians 3:13 - his work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revea... Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 3:13 Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 3:13
Psalms 11:5 - The Lord examines the righteous, but the wicked and those who love violence his soul hates. Click to read the verse Psalms 11:5 Click to read the verse Psalms 11:5
1 Peter 1:7 - These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refin... Click to read the verse 1 Peter 1:7 Click to read the verse 1 Peter 1:7
Hebrews 11:17 - By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had received the pr... Click to read the verse Hebrews 11:17 Click to read the verse Hebrews 11:17
1 Corinthians 10:13 - No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let... Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 10:13 Click to read the verse 1 Corinthians 10:13
Ecclesiastes 5:8 - Riches Are Meaningless If you see the poor oppressed in a district, and justice and rights deni... Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 5:8 Click to read the verse Ecclesiastes 5:8
2 Timothy 3:12 - In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, Click to read the verse 2 Timothy 3:12 Click to read the verse 2 Timothy 3:12
Zechariah 13:9 - This third I will bring into the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. ... Click to read the verse Zechariah 13:9 Click to read the verse Zechariah 13:9
Jeremiah 9:7 - Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says: “See, I will refine and test them, for what else... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 9:7 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 9:7
Judges 3:1 - These are the nations the Lord left to test all those Israelites who had not experienced any of... Click to read the verse Judges 3:1 Click to read the verse Judges 3:1
1 Peter 1:6-7 - In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in ... Click to read the verse 1 Peter 1:6-7 Click to read the verse 1 Peter 1:6-7
Revelation 15:2 - And I saw what looked like a sea of glass mixed with fire and, standing beside the sea, those w... Click to read the verse Revelation 15:2 Click to read the verse Revelation 15:2
Ezekiel 22:15 - I will disperse you among the nations and scatter you through the countries; and I will put an ... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 22:15 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 22:15
Isaiah 28:21 - The Lord will rise up as he did at Mount Perazim, he will rouse himself as in the Valley of Gib... Click to read the verse Isaiah 28:21 Click to read the verse Isaiah 28:21
Numbers 31:23 - and anything else that can withstand fire must be put through the fire, and then it will be cle... Click to read the verse Numbers 31:23 Click to read the verse Numbers 31:23
Jeremiah 12:5 - God’s Answer “If you have raced with men on foot and they have worn you out, how can you compet... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 12:5 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 12:5
1 Peter 4:4 - They think it strange that you do not plunge with them into the same flood of dissipation, and ... Click to read the verse 1 Peter 4:4 Click to read the verse 1 Peter 4:4
Hebrews 11:34 - quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned t... Click to read the verse Hebrews 11:34 Click to read the verse Hebrews 11:34
Proverbs 27:21 - The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but man is tested by the praise he receives. Click to read the verse Proverbs 27:21 Click to read the verse Proverbs 27:21
1 Kings 17:17 - Some time later the son of the woman who owned the house became ill. He grew worse and worse, a... Click to read the verse 1 Kings 17:17 Click to read the verse 1 Kings 17:17
Isaiah 48:10 - See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. Click to read the verse Isaiah 48:10 Click to read the verse Isaiah 48:10
Revelation 3:10 - Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial... Click to read the verse Revelation 3:10 Click to read the verse Revelation 3:10
Jeremiah 6:29 - The bellows blow fiercely to burn away the lead with fire, but the refining goes on in vain; th... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 6:29 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 6:29
Daniel 11:35 - Some of the wise will stumble, so that they may be refined, purified and made spotless until th... Click to read the verse Daniel 11:35 Click to read the verse Daniel 11:35
1 Peter 5:9 - Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the worl... Click to read the verse 1 Peter 5:9 Click to read the verse 1 Peter 5:9
1 Thessalonians 3:2-4 - We sent Timothy, who is our brother and God’s fellow worker in spreading the gospel of Christ, ... Click to read the verse 1 Thessalonians 3:2-4 Click to read the verse 1 Thessalonians 3:2-4