1. Suffering is not strange or unusual for Christians (1Pet. 4:12; 2Tim. 3:12).

2. One should rejoice when a partaker of the sufferings of Christ (1Pet. 4:13; Mt. 5:10).

3. The greater the suffering the greater the joy and glory (1Pet. 4:13; Rom. 8:17-18).

4. Besides the greater glory to come the Christian has the Holy Spirit upon him now to enable him to endure (1Pet. 4:14; Rom. 8:26-27).

5. Christian sufferings glorify God (1Pet. 4:14; Rom. 8:17-18).

6. It is an honor, not a shame, to suffer as a Christian (1Pet. 4:16).

7. Though sufferings begin with Christians, they end in an eternal weight of damnation to the ungodly (1Pet. 4:17-18).

8. Sufferings should be borne by Christians, in patience as in the will of God, realizing that God is always faithful to His own in their sufferings (1Pet. 4:19; 1Cor. 10:13).

1. Greater glory in heaven (2Cor. 4:17)

2. Eternal consolation (2Cor. 1:7)

3. Making Jesus known (2Cor. 4:11)

4. Life to others (2Cor. 4:12)

5. Making grace manifest (2Cor. 4:15)

6. Guarantee of judgment (2Th. 1:5)

7. Reign with Christ (2Tim. 2:12)

8. Spirit upon us (1Pet. 4:14)

9. Glory to God (1Pet. 4:16)

10. Great joy (1Pet. 4:13-14)

1. Suffering for murder (1Pet. 4:15)

2. Suffering as a thief (1Pet. 4:15)

3. Suffering for being an evildoer

4. Suffering for being a busybody (1Pet. 4:15)

5. Suffering for any crime listed in Rom. 1:18-32; 1Cor. 6:9-11; Gal. 5:19-21

1. Persecution for righteousness (Mt. 5:10; Mt. 13:21; Mk. 10:30; Jn. 15:20)

2. Revilings and slander (Mt. 5:11-12; Mt. 10:25; Acts 13:45; 1Pet. 4:4)

3. False accusations (Mt. 10:17-20)

4. Scourgings for Christ (Mt. 10:17)

5. Rejection by people (Mt. 10:14)

6. Hatred by the world (Mt. 10:22; Jn. 15:18-21)

7. Hatred by relatives (Mt. 10:21-36)

8. Martyrdoms (Mt. 10:28; Acts 7:58)

9. Temptations (Lk. 8:13; Jas. 1:2-16)

10. Shame for His name (Acts 5:41)

11. Imprisonments (Acts 4:3; Acts 5:18; Acts 12:4)

12. Tribulations (Acts 14:22; 2Th. 1:4)

13. Stonings (Acts 14:19; 2Cor. 11:25)

14. Beatings (Acts 16:23; 2Cor. 11:24-25)

15. Being a spectacle to people (1Cor. 4:9)

16. Misunderstanding, necessities, defamation, and despisings (1Cor. 4:10-13)

17. Trouble, affliction, distresses, tumults, labors, watchings, fastings, and evil reports (2Cor. 6:8-10; 2Cor. 11:26-28)

18. Reproaches (Heb. 13:13; 1Pet. 4:14)

19. Trials (1Pet. 1:7; 1Pet. 4:12)

20. Satanic opposition (Eph. 4:27; Eph. 6:12)

21. Groaning and travailing because of the curse (Rom. 8:17-26)

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