6 Bible Verses about Afflictions Of Ministers
Most Relevant Verses
So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded.
Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.