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.
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.
- 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.
- 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 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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