Bible Verses About Afflicted Saints

We commend ourselves by our purity, knowledge, patience and kindness; by the Ruach HaKodesh; by genuineness of love

and truthfulness of speech; and by God’s power. We commend ourselves through our use of righteous weapons, whether for pressing our cause or defending it;

through being honored and dishonored, praised and blamed, considered deceptive and sincere,

unknown and famous. And we commend ourselves as God’s workers headed for death, yet look! we’re alive! as punished, yet not killed;

as having reason to be sad, yet always filled with joy; as poor, yet making many people rich; as having nothing, yet having everything!

But God, who encourages the downhearted, encouraged us with the arrival of Titus!

Therefore, we boast about you in the congregations of God because of your perseverance and trust in all the persecutions and troubles you are going through.

But the Lord stood by me and gave me power to proclaim the full message for all the Goyim to hear, and I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.

For since he himself suffered death when he was put to the test, he is able to help those who are being tested now.

He chose being mistreated along with God’s people rather than enjoying the passing pleasures of sin.

So then, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us, too, put aside every impediment — that is, the sin which easily hampers our forward movement — and keep running with endurance in the contest set before us,

looking away to the Initiator and Completer of that trusting, Yeshua — who, in exchange for obtaining the joy set before him, endured execution on a stake as a criminal, scorning the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Yes, think about him who endured such hostility against himself from sinners, so that you won’t grow tired or become despondent.

Also you have forgotten the counsel which speaks with you as sons: “My son, don’t despise the discipline of Adonai or become despondent when he corrects you.

But let perseverance do its complete work; so that you may be complete and whole, lacking in nothing.

As an example of suffering mistreatment and being patient, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of Adonai.

but to live such good lives among the pagans that even though they now speak against you as evil-doers, they will, as a result of seeing your good actions, give glory to God on the Day of his coming.

For what credit is there in bearing up under a beating you deserve for doing something wrong? But if you bear up under punishment, even though you have done what is right, God looks on it with favor.

Indeed, this is what you were called to; because the Messiah too suffered, on your behalf, leaving an example so that you should follow in his steps.

“He committed no sin, nor was any deceit found on his lips.”

When he was insulted, he didn’t retaliate with insults; when he suffered, he didn’t threaten, but handed them over to him who judges justly.

Because you did obey my message about persevering, I will keep you from the time of trial coming upon the whole world to put the people living on earth to the test.