For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.
Parallel translations
- KJV For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
- BSB I consider that our present sufferings are not comparable to the glory that will be revealed in us.
- NKJV For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
- NASB For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
- NLT Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later.
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- Suffering"The sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory."
Cross-references · 13
- 2 Cor 4:17–18For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;
- 1 Pet 4:13But because you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.
- 1 Pet 1:5–7who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
- Matt 5:11–12“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
- Col 3:4When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.
- Acts 20:24But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.
- 1 Jn 3:2Beloved, now we are children of God, and it is not yet revealed what we will be. But we know that, when he is revealed, we will be like him; for we will see him just as he is.
- 1 Pet 1:13Therefore prepare your minds for action, be sober, and set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ —
- 2 Th 1:7–12and to give relief to you who are afflicted with us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels in flaming fire,
- Heb 11:25–26choosing rather to share ill treatment with God’s people, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a time;
- 2 Th 2:14to which he called you through our Good News, for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Pet 5:1Therefore I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed.
- Heb 11:35Women received their dead by resurrection. Others were tortured, not accepting their deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.
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