11 Bible Verses about Rejoicing In Trial

Rejoice and be extremely glad, because your reward in heaven is great! That's how they persecuted the prophets who came before you."

Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because your reward in heaven is great! That's the way their ancestors used to treat the prophets.

Instead, because you are participating in the sufferings of the Messiah, keep on rejoicing, so that you may be glad and shout for joy when his glory is revealed.

Consider it pure joy, my brothers, when you are involved in various trials,

They left the Council, rejoicing to have been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the Name.

For you sympathized with the prisoners and cheerfully submitted to the violent seizure of your property, because you know that you have a better and more permanent possession.

He never asks, "Where is God, my Creator, who gives me songs in the night,

Even though the fig tree does not blossom, and there are no grapes on the vines; even if the olive harvest fails, and the fields produce nothing edible; even if the flock is snatched from the sheepfold, and there is no herd in the stalls as for me, I will rejoice in the LORD. I will find my joy in the God who delivers me.

Not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,

Now I am rejoicing while suffering for you as I complete in my flesh whatever remains of the Messiah's sufferings on behalf of his body, which is the church.

You became imitators of us and of the Lord. In spite of a great deal of suffering, you welcomed the word with the joy that the Holy Spirit produces.