Psalm 9:2

Psalm 8 Psalm 10

Psalm 9:2 New International Version (NIV)

²I will be glad and rejoice in you;
I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High.

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Acts 5:41

Acts 4 Acts 6

Acts 5:41 New International Version (NIV)

⁴¹The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.

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2 Corinthians 6:10

2 Corinthians 5 2 Corinthians 7

2 Corinthians 6:10 New International Version (NIV)

¹⁰sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.

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2 Corinthians 12:10

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2 Corinthians 12:10 New International Version (NIV)

¹⁰That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

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Colossians 1:24

Philippians 4 Colossians 2

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Paul’s Labor for the Church

²⁴Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church.

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James 1:2

Hebrews 13 James 2

James 1:2 New International Version (NIV)

Trials and Temptations

²Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,^[a] whenever you face trials of many kinds,

Footnotes:

James 1:2 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verses 16 and 19; and in 2:1, 5, 14; 3:10, 12; 4:11; 5:7, 9, 10, 12, 19.