Bible Verses About Afflictions and Adversities

For I have known that this shall fall out to me for salvation, through your supplication, and the supply of the Spirit of Christ Jesus,

And I do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, that ye may not sorrow, as also the rest who have not hope,

because the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, and the dead in Christ shall rise first,

then we who are living, who are remaining over, together with them shall be caught away in clouds to meet the Lord in air, and so always with the Lord we shall be;

so, then, comfort ye one another in these words.

and to you who are troubled--rest with us in the revelation of the Lord Jesus from heaven, with messengers of his power,

and may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and our God and Father, who did love us, and did give comfort age-during, and good hope in grace,

comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work.

if we do endure together--we shall also reign together; if we deny him , he also shall deny us;

and the Lord stood by me, and did strengthen me, that through me the preaching might be fully assured, and all the nations might hear, and I was freed out of the mouth of a lion,

Seeing, then, the children have partaken of flesh and blood, he himself also in like manner did take part of the same, that through death he might destroy him having the power of death--that is, the devil--

and might deliver those, whoever, with fear of death, throughout all their life, were subjects of bondage,

for in that he suffered, himself being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

for we have not a chief priest unable to sympathise with our infirmities, but one tempted in all things in like manner--apart from sin;

we may come near, then, with freedom, to the throne of the grace, that we may receive kindness, and find grace--for seasonable help.

that through two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, a strong comfort we may have who did flee for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us ,

Therefore, we also having so great a cloud of witnesses set around us, every weight having put off, and the closely besetting sin, through endurance may we run the contest that is set before us,

looking to the author and perfecter of faith--Jesus, who, over-against the joy set before him--did endure a cross, shame having despised, on the right hand also of the throne of God did sit down;

for consider again him who endured such gainsaying from the sinners to himself, that ye may not be wearied in your souls--being faint.

Not yet unto blood did ye resist--with the sin striving;

and ye have forgotten the exhortation that doth speak fully with you as with sons, `My son, be not despising chastening of the Lord, nor be faint, being reproved by Him,

for they, indeed, for a few days, according to what seemed good to them, were chastening, but He for profit, to be partakers of His separation;

be mindful of those in bonds, as having been bound with them, of those maltreated, as also yourselves being in the body;

Without covetousness the behaviour, being content with the things present, for He hath said, `No, I will not leave, no, nor forsake thee,'

so that we do boldly say, `The Lord is to me a helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me.'