2 Corinthians 4:17

New English Translation

For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison

Cross References

Genesis 15:1

After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and the one who will reward you in great abundance.”

Psalm 119:67

Before I was afflicted I used to stray off, but now I keep your instructions.

Psalm 119:71

It was good for me to suffer, so that I might learn your statutes.

Psalm 30:5

For his anger lasts only a brief moment, and his good favor restores one’s life. One may experience sorrow during the night, but joy arrives in the morning.

Psalm 31:19

How great is your favor, which you store up for your loyal followers! In plain sight of everyone you bestow it on those who take shelter in you.

Psalm 73:24

You guide me by your wise advice, and then you will lead me to a position of honor.

Isaiah 26:20

Go, my people! Enter your inner rooms! Close your doors behind you! Hide for a little while, until his angry judgment is over!

Isaiah 54:8

In a burst of anger I rejected you momentarily, but with lasting devotion I will have compassion on you,” says your protector, the Lord.

Isaiah 64:4

Since ancient times no one has heard or perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who intervenes for those who wait for him.

Numbers 5:28

But if the woman has not defiled herself, and is clean, then she will be free of ill effects and will be able to bear children.

Matthew 5:12

Rejoice and be glad because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.

Luke 6:23

Rejoice in that day, and jump for joy, because your reward is great in heaven. For their ancestors did the same things to the prophets.

Acts 20:23

except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.

Romans 2:7

eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality,

Romans 8:18

For I consider that our present sufferings cannot even be compared to the glory that will be revealed to us.

Romans 8:34

Who is the one who will condemn? Christ is the one who died (and more than that, he was raised), who is at the right hand of God, and who also is interceding for us.

Romans 8:37

No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us!

1 Corinthians 2:9

But just as it is written, “Things that no eye has seen, or ear heard, or mind imagined, are the things God has prepared for those who love him.”

2 Corinthians 3:18

And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, which is from the Lord, who is the Spirit.

Philippians 1:19

for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 1:4

As a result we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions you are enduring.

2 Thessalonians 1:6

For it is right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you,

2 Timothy 2:10

So I endure all things for the sake of those chosen by God, that they too may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus and its eternal glory.

James 1:12

Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him.

1 Peter 4:7

For the culmination of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of prayer.

1 Peter 5:10

And, after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

1 John 3:2

Dear friends, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that whenever it is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him just as he is.

Jude 1:24

Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling, and to cause you to stand, rejoicing, without blemish before his glorious presence,