6 Bible Verses about Afflictions Of Ministers
Most Relevant Verses
So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And in the morning I did as I was commanded.
To this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty, and are poorly clothed, and are roughly treated, and are homeless;
in beatings, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hunger,
Are they servants of Christ?—I speak as if insane—I more so; in far more labors, in far more imprisonments, beaten times without number, often in danger of death.
Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me—to keep me from exalting myself!
so that no one would be disturbed by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that we have been destined for this.