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.
Parallel translations
- WEB 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.
- 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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Paul considers present sufferings not worth comparing with the coming glory. The glory ahead vastly outweighs all our trials.
Overview
Having mentioned suffering, Paul places it in eternal perspective. The afflictions of this present time, however severe, are incomparable to the glory that will be revealed in and toward believers. This confident assessment sustains Christian hope amid hardship.
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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 but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
- 1 Pet 4:13But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
- 1 Pet 1:5–7Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
- Matt 5:11–12Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
- Col 3:4When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
- Acts 20:24But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
- 1 Jn 3:2Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
- 1 Pet 1:13Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
- 2 Th 1:7–12And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,
- Heb 11:25–26Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
- 2 Th 2:14Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Pet 5:1The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
- Heb 11:35Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
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