28 Stripping off His garments, they put on Him a general's short crimson cloak.29 They twisted a wreath of thorny twigs and put it on His head, and they put a sceptre of cane in His right hand, and kneeling to Him they shouted in mockery, »Long live the King of the Jews!«

21 And it is to this you were called; because Christ also suffered on your behalf, leaving you an example so that you should follow in His steps.

10 I long to know Christ and the power which is in His resurrection, and to share in His sufferings and die even as He died;

3 And not only so: we also exult in our sufferings, knowing as we do, that suffering produces fortitude;4 fortitude, ripeness of character; and ripeness of character, hope;

18 Why, what we now suffer I count as nothing in comparison with the glory which is soon to be manifested in us.

17 For this our light and transitory burden of suffering is achieving for us a preponderating, yes, a vastly preponderating, and eternal weight of glory;

5 For just as we have more than our share of suffering for the Christ, so also through the Christ we have more than our share of comfort.

29 For you have had the privilege granted you on behalf of Christ–not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer on His behalf;

1 Since, then, Christ has suffered in the flesh, you also must arm yourselves with a determination to do the same –because he who has suffered in the flesh has done with sin–

3 Heartfelt thanks be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ–the Father who is full of compassion and the God who gives all comfort.4 He comforts us in our every affliction so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any kind of affliction by means of the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

2 Always carry one another's burdens, and so obey the whole of Christ's Law.

10 And God, the giver of all grace, who has called you to share His eternal glory, through Christ, after you have suffered for a short time, will Himself make you perfect, firm, and strong.

14 But even if you suffer for righteousness' sake, you are to be envied. So do not be alarmed by their threats, nor troubled;

38 and any one who does not take up his cross and follow where I lead is not worthy of me.

39 To save your life is to lose it, and to lose your life for my sake is to save it.

23 And in Hades, being in torment, he looked and saw Abraham in the far distance, and Lazarus resting in his arms.24 So he cried aloud, and said, »Father Abraham, take pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.'

35 Who shall separate us from Christ's love? Shall affliction or distress, persecution or hunger, nakedness or danger or the sword?

3 And if I distribute all my possessions to the poor, and give up my body to be burned, but am destitute of Love, it profits me nothing.

22 Having, however, obtained the help which is from God, I have stood firm until now, and have solemnly exhorted rich and poor alike, saying nothing except what the Prophets and Moses predicted as soon to happen,23 since the Christ was to be a suffering Christ, and by coming back from the dead was then to be the first to proclaim a message of light both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.«

14 but may rather be restored. Persistently strive for peace with all men, and for that growth in holiness apart from which no one will see the Lord.