14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

• Suffering and Perseverance

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 1:7 — So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
• 1John 4:17 — Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
• 1Pet 1:5 — Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
• 1Pet 3:14 — But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
• 1Pet 5:1 — The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
• 1Pet 5:9 — Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world.
• 1Pet 5:10 — But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
• 2Cor 1:7 — And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.
• 2Cor 4:10 — Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
• 2Cor 4:10 — Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
• 2Cor 4:17 — For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
• 2Cor 6:10 — As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
• 2Cor 12:9 — And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon m
• 2Cor 12:9 — And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon m
• 2Cor 12:10 — Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
• 2Tim 1:8 — Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
• 2Tim 2:12 — If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
• 2Tim 2:12 — If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:
• Acts 5:41 — And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
• Acts 5:41 — And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
• Acts 13:52 — And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost.
• Col 1:24 — Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:
• Heb 3:14 — For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end;
• Isa 35:10 — And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
• Jas 1:2 — My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
• Jas 1:2 — My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
• Jas 1:12 — Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
• John 16:22 — And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
• Jude 1:24 — Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
• Luke 6:22 — Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
• Luke 17:30 — Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed.
• Mark 8:34 — And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
• Matt 5:12 — Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
• Matt 5:12 — Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
• Matt 16:27 — For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
• Phil 1:7 — Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace.
• Phil 1:29 — For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
• Phil 3:1 — Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe.
• Phil 3:10 — That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
• Phil 3:10 — That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;