because it was granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer on His behalf,
And answering, Jesus said to him, Blessed are you, Simon, son of Jonah, for flesh and blood did not reveal it to you, but My Father in Heaven.
And from all the things from which you could not be justified in the Law of Moses, in this One every one believing is justified.
confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into the kingdom of God.
And arriving, and gathering the assembly, they reported as many things God did with them and that He opened a door of faith to the nations.
Then they indeed departed from the face of the sanhedrin, rejoicing that they were deemed worthy to be dishonored on behalf of His name.
And not only so, but we glory also in afflictions, knowing that affliction fully works patient endurance,
for by grace you are saved, through faith, and this not of yourselves; it is the gift of God;
having been buried together with Him in baptism, in whom also you were raised through the faith of the working of God, the One having raised Him from among the dead ones.
My brothers count it all joy when you fall into various trials,
but according as you share the sufferings of Christ, rejoice; so that you may rejoice exultingly at the revelation of His glory.