25 REASONS THE BIBLE SAYS WE SUFFER

Dear Christ Followers,
This list may or may not be answers that you would like to hear, but it does contain the Biblical answers

I do hope it helps.

Be Blessed 2day ... Especially 2day
SoJourner



1. To produce the fruit of patience


Rom. 5:3; James 1:3-4; Heb. 10:36


2. To produce the fruit of joy


Ps. 30:5; 126:5-6


3. To produce the fruit of maturity


Eccles. 7:3; 1 Pet. 5:10


4. To produce the fruit of righteousness


Heb. 12:11


5. To silence the devil


Job 1:9, 10, 20-22


6. To teach us


Ps. 119:67, 71


7. To purify our lives


Job 23:10; Ps. 66:10-12; Isa. 1:25; 48:10; Prov. 17:3; 1 Pet. 1:7


8. To make us like Christ


Heb. 12:9, 10; 1 Pet. 4:12-13; Phil. 3:10; 2 Cor. 4:7-10


9. To glorify God


Ps. 50:15; John 9:1-3; 11:1-4; 21:18-19; Phil. 1:19-20


10. To prevent us from sinning


2 Cor. 12:7, 9-10


11. To make us confess when we do sin


Judg. 10:6-7, 15-16; Ps. 32:3-5; Hos. 5:15; 6:1; 2 Chron. 15:3-4


12. To chasten us for our sin


1 Pet. 4:17


13. To prove our sonship


Heb. 12:5-6


14. To reveal ourselves to ourselves


Job 42:6; Luke 15:18


15. To help our prayer life


Isa. 26:16


16. To become an example to others


2 Cor. 6:4-5; 1 Thess. 1:6-7


17. To qualify us as counselors


Rom. 12:15; Gal. 6:2; 2 Cor. 1:3-5


18. To further the gospel witness


Acts 8:1-5; 16:25-34; Phil. 1:12-13; 2 Tim. 4:6-8, 16-17


19. To make us more than conquerors


2 Cor. 2:14; Rom. 8:35, 37


20. To give us insight into God’s nature


Job 42:5; Rom. 8:14-15, 18


21. To drive us closer to God


1 Pet. 4:14; 2 Cor. 12:10


22. To prepare us for a greater ministry


1 Kings 17-18; John 12:24


23. To provide for us a reward


Matt. 5:10-12; 19:27-29; Rom. 8:16-17; 2 Cor. 4:17


24. To prepare us for the kingdom


2 Thess. 1:5; 2 Tim. 2:12


25. To show God’s sovereignty


Rom. 8:28; 1 Cor. 10:13; Ps. 66:10-12; Gen. 45:5-8; 50:20










Willmington, H. (1987). Willmington's book of Bible lists (318–319). Wheaton, IL: Tyndale.

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