- For just as the sufferings of Christ are abundant for us, so also our consolation is abundant through Christ.
- I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us.
- I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the sharing of his sufferings by becoming like him in his death.
- And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope.
- Banish anxiety from your mind, and put away pain from your body; for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.
- Surely he has borne our infirmities
and carried our diseases;
yet we accounted him stricken,
struck down by God, and afflicted.
Then Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.” Having said this, he breathed his last. For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.Next verse!With image