we know.

Romans 8:35-39
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? . . .

Romans 5:3, 4
Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; . . .

Genesis 50:20
As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this--to preserve the lives of many people.

Deuteronomy 8:2, 3, 16
Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments. . . .

Psalm 46:1, 2
God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble. . . .

Jeremiah 24:5-7
"This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Like these good figs, so I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans. . . .

Zechariah 13:9
This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, 'They are My people, ' and they will say, 'The LORD is our God.'"

2 Corinthians 4:15-17
All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is extending to more and more people may overflow in thanksgiving, to the glory of God. . . .

2 Corinthians 5:1
Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

Philippians 1:19-23
because I know that through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, my distress will turn out for my deliverance. . . .

2 Thessalonians 1:5-7
All this is clear evidence of God's righteous judgment. And so you will be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are suffering. . . .

Hebrews 12:6-12
For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises everyone He receives as a son." . . .

James 1:3, 4
because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. . . .

1 Peter 1:7, 8
so that the authenticity of your faith--more precious than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire--may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. . . .

Revelation 3:19
Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.

them.

Romans 5:5
And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.

Exodus 20:6
but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

Deuteronomy 6:5
And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.

Nehemiah 1:5
Then I said: "I pray, O LORD God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,

Psalm 69:36
The descendants of His servants will inherit it, and those who love His name will settle therein.

Mark 12:30
and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'

1 Corinthians 2:9
Rather, as it is written: "No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him."

James 1:12
Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.

James 2:5
Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?

1 John 4:10, 19
And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. . . .

1 John 5:2, 3
By this we know that we love the children of God: when we love God and keep His commandments. . . .

the called.

Romans 8:30
And those He predestined He also called, those He called He also justified, those He justified He also glorified.

Romans 1:6, 7
And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ. . . .

Romans 9:11, 23, 24
Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God's plan of election might stand, . . .

Jeremiah 51:29
The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD's intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without an inhabitant.

Acts 13:48
When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed.

Galatians 1:15
But when God, who set me apart from my mother's womb and called me by His grace, was pleased

Ephesians 1:9, 10
And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ . . .

Ephesians 3:11
according to the eternal purpose that He accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Thessalonians 5:9
For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 2:13, 14
But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by faith in the truth. . . .

2 Timothy 2:19
Nevertheless, God's firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: "The Lord knows those who are His, " and, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord must turn away from iniquity."

1 Peter 5:10
And after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself restore you, secure you, strengthen you, and establish you.