Romans 12:12:
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.
(NIV)
Rejoice and exult in hope; be steadfast and patient in suffering and tribulation; be constant in prayer.
(AMP)
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
(KJV)
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Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation; not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free of them yourself is pleasant.
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Acts 14:22:
Strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith. 'We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,' they said.
(NIV)
Establishing and strengthening the souls and the hearts of the disciples, urging and warning and encouraging them to stand firm in the faith, and [telling them] that it is through many hardships and tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
(AMP)
Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.
(KJV)
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Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free of them yourself is pleasant.
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Poverty is a veil that obscures the face of greatness. An appeal is a mask covering the face of tribulation.
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Mark 13:24:
'But in those days, following that distress, 'the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light;''
(NIV)
But in those days, after [the affliction and oppression and distress of] that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; [Isa. 13:10.](AMP)
But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light,
(KJV)
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1 Thessalonians 3:4:
In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know.
(NIV)
For even when we were with you, [you know] we warned you plainly beforehand that we were to be pressed with difficulties and made to suffer affliction, just as to your own knowledge it has [since] happened.
(AMP)
For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.
(KJV)
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Revelation 2:10:
Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor's crown.
(NIV)
Fear nothing that you are about to suffer. [Dismiss your dread and your fears!] Behold, the devil is indeed about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested and proved and critically appraised, and for ten days you will have affliction. Be loyally faithful unto death [even if you must die for it], and I will give you the crown of life. [Rev. 3:10, 11.](AMP)
Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
(KJV)
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In making up the character of God, the old theologians failed to mention that He is of infinite cheerfulness. The omission has caused the world much tribulation.
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Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die. And it is youth who must inherit the tribulation, the sorrow, and the triumphs that are aftermath of war.
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The brightest crowns that are worn in heaven have been tried, and smelted, and polished, and glorified through the furnace of tribulation.
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Romans 8:35:
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
(NIV)
Who shall ever separate us from Christ's love? Shall suffering and affliction and tribulation? Or calamity and distress? Or persecution or hunger or destitution or peril or sword?
(AMP)
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
(KJV)
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Matthew 24:29:
'Immediately after the distress of those days 'the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.'''
(NIV)
Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. [Isa. 13:10; 34:4; Joel 2:10, 11; Zeph. 1:15.](AMP)
Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
(KJV)
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Wise are they who have learned these truths Trouble is temporary. Time is tonic. Tribulation is a test tube.
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John 16:33:
'I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.'
(NIV)
I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.](AMP)
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
(KJV)
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Romans 5:3:
Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance
(NIV)
Moreover [let us also be full of joy now!] let us exult and triumph in our troubles and rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that pressure and affliction and hardship produce patient and unswerving endurance.
(AMP)
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
(KJV)
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Matthew 24:21:
For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now – and never to be equaled again.
(NIV)
For then there will be great tribulation (affliction, distress, and oppression) such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now--no, and never will be [again]. [Dan. 12:1; Joel 2:2.](AMP)
For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
(KJV)
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Wise are they who have learned these truths: Trouble is temporary. Time is a tonic. Tribulation is a test tube.
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No man ought to lay a cross upon himself, or to adopt tribulation, as is done in popedom but if a cross or tribulation come upon him, then let him suffer it patiently, and know that it is good and profitable for him.
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