Bible Verses About Afflictions and Adversities

Because the creature is subiect to vanitie, not of it owne will, but by reason of him, which hath subdued it vnder hope,

Also we knowe that all thinges worke together for the best vnto them that loue God, euen to them that are called of his purpose.

Who shall separate vs from the loue of Christ? shall tribulation or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakednesse, or perill, or sworde?

As it is written, For thy sake are we killed all day long: we are counted as sheepe for the slaughter.

Neuerthelesse, in all these thinges we are more then coquerours through him that loued vs.

For I am perswaded that neither death, nor life, nor Angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature shalbe able to separate vs from the loue of God, which is in Christ Iesus our Lord.

Reioycing in hope, pacient in tribulation, continuing in prayer,

For whatsoeuer things are written aforetime, are writte for our learning, that we through patience, and comfort of the Scriptures might haue hope.

But when we are iudged, we are chastened of the Lord, because we should not be condemned with the world.

Blessed be God, euen the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort,

Which comforteth vs in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any affliction by the comfort wherewith we our selues are comforted of God.

For as the sufferings of Christ abounde in vs, so our consolation aboundeth through Christ.

And our hope is stedfast concerning you, in as much as we know that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.

Wee are afflicted on euery side, yet are we not in distresse: we are in doubt, but yet wee despaire not.

We are persecuted, but not forsaken: cast downe, but we perish not.

Euery where we beare about in our bodie the dying of the Lord Iesus, that the life of Iesus might also be made manifest in our bodies.

Therefore we faint not, but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed daily.

For our light affliction which is but for a moment, causeth vnto vs a farre most excellent and an eternall waight of glorie:

But God, that comforteth the abiect, comforted vs at the comming of Titus:

And he said vnto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect through weakenesse. Very gladly therefore will I reioyce rather in mine infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell in me.

Beare ye one anothers burden, and so fulfill the Lawe of Christ.

I would ye vnderstood, brethren, that the things which haue come vnto me, are turned rather to the furthering of the Gospell,

So that my bandes in Christ are famous throughout all the iudgement hall, and in all other places,

In so much that many of the brethren in the Lord are boldened through my bandes, and dare more frankely speake the word.