6 Bible Verses about Afflicted Saints, Examples Of

choosing rather to suffer evil with the people of God, than to have an enjoyment of sin for a season;

And, now, behold, I, bound by the Spirit, am going to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there; except that the Holy Spirit testifieth to me in every city, saying that bonds and tribulations await me. But I make not my soul of any value as dear to myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify the Gospel of the grace of God.

Then Paul answered, "What are ye doing, weeping and crushing my heart? For I am ready, not only to be bound, but to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus."

being defamed, we entreat; we were made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, until now.

but in everything commending ourselves as God's ministers, in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in toilings, in watchings, in fastings; in pureness, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,read more.
in the word of truth, in the power of God; through the weapons of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, through glory and dishonor, through evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and possessing all things.

And the son said to the father, 'Father, I sinned against Heaven, and before you; no longer am I worthy to be called your son!'