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Colossians 1:24
I am happy because of what I am suffering for you. My suffering joins with and continues the sufferings of Christ. I suffer for his body, which is the church.
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1 Peter 5 10
God always gives you all the grace you need. So you will only have to suffer for a little while. Then God himself will build you up again. He will make you strong and steady. And he has chosen you to share in his eternal glory because you belong to Christ.
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2 Corinthians 4 17
Our troubles are small. They last only for a short time. But they are earning for us a glory that will last forever. It is greater than all our troubles.
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2 Corinthians 1 6
If we are having trouble, it is so that you will be comforted and renewed. If we are comforted, it is so that you will be comforted. Then you will be able to put up with the same suffering we have gone through.
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2 Timothy 2 3
Like a good soldier of Christ Jesus, join with me in suffering.
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1 Thessalonians 5 9
God didn’t choose us to receive his anger. He chose us to receive salvation because of what our Lord Jesus Christ has done.
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Ephesians 3:13
So here is what I’m asking you to do. Don’t lose hope because I am suffering for you. It will lead to the time when God will give you his glory.
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1 Timothy 1 13-1 Timothy 1 14
I used to speak evil things against Jesus. I tried to hurt his followers. I really pushed them around. But God showed me mercy anyway. I did those things without knowing any better. I wasn’t a believer.Our Lord poured out more and more of his grace on me. Along with it came faith and love from Christ Jesus.
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John 17:9
I pray for them. I am not praying for the world. I am praying for those you have given me, because they are yours.
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Romans 9:23
What if he put up with them to show the riches of his glory to other people? Those other people are the ones he shows his mercy to. He made them to receive his glory.
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John 17:24
“ Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am. I want them to see my glory, the glory you have given me. You gave it to me because you loved me before the world was created.
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2 Corinthians 4 15
All this is for your benefit. God’s grace is reaching more and more people. So they will become more and more thankful. They will give glory to God.
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Matthew 24:31
He will send his angels with a loud trumpet call. They will gather his chosen people from all four directions. They will bring them from one end of the heavens to the other.
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1 Peter 2 10
Once you were not a people. But now you are the people of God. Once you had not received mercy. But now you have received mercy.
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Romans 2:7
God will give eternal life to those who keep on doing good. They want glory, honor, and life that never ends.
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Colossians 1:27
God has chosen to make known to them the glorious riches of that mystery. He has made it known among the Gentiles. And here is what it is. Christ is in you. He is your hope of glory.
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John 11:52
He also prophesied that Jesus would die for God’s children scattered everywhere. He would die to bring them together and make them one.
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2 Thessalonians 2 14
He chose you to be saved by accepting the good news that we preach. And you will share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Matthew 24:24
False messiahs and false prophets will appear. They will do great signs and miracles. They will try to fool God’s chosen people if possible.
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1 Corinthians 9 22
To those who are weak I became weak. That was to win the weak. I have become all things to all people. I have done this so that in all possible ways I might save some.
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Matthew 24:22
“ If the time had not been cut short, no one would live. But because of God’s chosen people, it will be shortened.
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Proverbs 8:35
Those who find me find life. They receive blessing from the Lord.