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In the Scriptures, suffering is portrayed as a multifaceted phenomenon that can result from various causes, including sin, persecution, and divine testing. The Bible provides insight into the purpose and response to suffering, offering comfort and guidance to believers.<br><br><b>Old Testament Understanding</b><br><br>In the Old Testament, suffering is often seen as a consequence of sin and disobedience. The Book of Genesis introduces suffering with the fall of man, where Adam and Eve's disobedience leads to pain and toil (<a href="/genesis/3-16.htm">Genesis 3:16-19</a>). The account of Job is a profound exploration of suffering, where Job, a righteous man, endures immense suffering not as a result of personal sin but as a test of faith. Job's perseverance and ultimate restoration highlight the sovereignty of God and the mystery of His purposes (Job 1-42).<br><br>The Psalms frequently express the anguish of suffering, yet they also reveal a deep trust in God's deliverance. <a href="/psalms/34-19.htm">Psalm 34:19</a> states, "Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the LORD delivers him from them all." This verse underscores the belief that while the righteous may suffer, God is faithful to provide relief and salvation.<br><br><b>New Testament Perspective</b><br><br>In the New Testament, suffering takes on a redemptive quality, particularly through the life and work of Jesus Christ. Jesus Himself is described as the "Man of Sorrows" (<a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3</a>), who suffered for the sins of humanity. His crucifixion is the ultimate act of redemptive suffering, offering salvation to all who believe. The Apostle Peter writes, "For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps" (<a href="/1_peter/2-21.htm">1 Peter 2:21</a>).<br><br>Believers are called to endure suffering with patience and faith, recognizing it as a means of spiritual growth and refinement. <a href="/romans/5-3.htm">Romans 5:3-4</a> states, "Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope." This passage emphasizes the transformative power of suffering in the life of a Christian.<br><br><b>Suffering for Righteousness' Sake</b><br><br>The New Testament also addresses suffering for righteousness' sake, particularly in the context of persecution. Jesus warns His followers of the inevitability of persecution, saying, "Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" (<a href="/matthew/5-10.htm">Matthew 5:10</a>). The early church experienced significant persecution, yet they rejoiced in their sufferings, considering it an honor to suffer for Christ's name (<a href="/acts/5-41.htm">Acts 5:41</a>).<br><br><b>Divine Comfort and Hope</b><br><br>Throughout the Bible, God is portrayed as a source of comfort and hope for those who suffer. The Apostle Paul writes in <a href="/2_corinthians/1-3.htm">2 Corinthians 1:3-4</a>, "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God." This passage highlights the reciprocal nature of divine comfort, encouraging believers to support one another in times of distress.<br><br>The promise of eternal life and the hope of future glory provide ultimate consolation for believers. <a href="/revelation/21-4.htm">Revelation 21:4</a> offers a vision of a future without suffering: "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away." This assurance of a future free from suffering is a cornerstone of Christian hope.<br><br>In summary, the Bible presents suffering as an integral part of the human experience, with profound spiritual implications. It calls believers to trust in God's sovereignty, find purpose in their trials, and look forward to the ultimate redemption and restoration promised in Christ.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>v. t.</I>) To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress or grief; to undergo; as, to suffer pain of body, or grief of mind.<p>2. (<I>v. t.</I>) To endure or undergo without sinking; to support; to sustain; to bear up under.<p>3. (<I>v. t.</I>) To undergo; to be affected by; to sustain; to experience; as, most substances suffer a change when long exposed to air and moisture; to suffer loss or damage.<p>4. (<I>v. t.</I>) To allow; to permit; not to forbid or hinder; to tolerate.<p>5. (<I>v. i.</I>) To feel or undergo pain of body or mind; to bear what is inconvenient; as, we suffer from pain, sickness, or sorrow; we suffer with anxiety.<p>6. (<I>v. i.</I>) To undergo punishment; specifically, to undergo the penalty of death.<p>7. (<I>v. i.</I>) To be injured; to sustain loss or damage.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/2553.htm"><span class="l">2553. kakopatheo -- to <b>suffer</b> evil</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to <b>suffer</b> evil. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: kakopatheo Phonetic Spelling:<br> (kak-op-ath-eh'-o) Short Definition: I <b>suffer</b> evil, endure affliction <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2553.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/3958.htm"><span class="l">3958. pascho -- to <b>suffer</b>, to be acted on</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to <b>suffer</b>, to be acted on. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: pascho Phonetic<br> Spelling: (pas'-kho) Short Definition: I am acted upon, <b>suffer</b> Definition: I am <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3958.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 9k</font><p><a href="/greek/4841.htm"><span class="l">4841. sumpascho -- to <b>suffer</b> with</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to <b>suffer</b> with. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sumpascho Phonetic Spelling:<br> (soom-pas'-kho) Short Definition: I <b>suffer</b> together with Definition: I <b>suffer</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4841.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/2210.htm"><span class="l">2210. zemioo -- to damage, <b>suffer</b> loss</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to damage, <b>suffer</b> loss. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: zemioo Phonetic Spelling:<br> (dzay-mee-o'-o) Short Definition: I inflict loss upon, punish Definition <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2210.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><p><a href="/greek/4310.htm"><span class="l">4310. propascho -- <b>suffer</b> before.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 4309, 4310. propascho. 4310a . <b>suffer</b> before. <b>...</b> <b>suffer</b> before. From pro and pascho;<br> to undergo hardship previously -- <b>suffer</b> before. see GREEK pro. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4310.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p><a href="/greek/3600.htm"><span class="l">3600. odunao -- to cause or <b>suffer</b> pain</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to cause or <b>suffer</b> pain. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: odunao Phonetic Spelling:<br> (od-oo-nah'-o) Short Definition: I torment, pain Definition: I torment <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3600.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><p><a href="/greek/3489.htm"><span class="l">3489. nauageo -- to <b>suffer</b> shipwreck</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to <b>suffer</b> shipwreck. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: nauageo Phonetic Spelling:<br> (now-ag-eh'-o) Short Definition: I am shipwrecked, ruined Definition: (a <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/3489.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/1669.htm"><span class="l">1669. helkoo -- to wound, to ulcerate, pass. to <b>suffer</b> from sores</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to <b>suffer</b> from sores. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: helkoo Phonetic Spelling:<br> (hel-ko'-o) Short Definition: I afflict with sores Definition: I afflict <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1669.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p><a href="/greek/4310a.htm"><span class="l">4310a. propascho: from NG4253 and NG3958 -- <b>suffer</b> before.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> 4310, 4310a. propascho: from NG4253 and NG3958. 4310b . <b>suffer</b> before. <b>...</b> Word<br> Origin to <b>suffer</b> before NASB Word Usage already suffered (1). 4310, 4310a. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/4310a.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p><a href="/greek/5003.htm"><span class="l">5003. talaiporeo -- to <b>suffer</b> hardship or distress</span></a> <br><b>...</b> to <b>suffer</b> hardship or distress. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: talaiporeo<br> Phonetic Spelling: (tal-ahee-po-reh'-o) Short Definition: I am miserable <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/5003.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/5142.htm"><span class="l">5142. nezaq -- to <b>suffer</b> injury</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5141, 5142. nezaq. 5143 . to <b>suffer</b> injury. Transliteration: nezaq Phonetic<br> Spelling: (nez-ak') Short Definition: damage. Word Origin <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5142.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6887b.htm"><span class="l">6887b. tsarar -- to <b>suffer</b> distress</span></a><br><b>...</b> 6887a, 6887b. tsarar. 6887c . to <b>suffer</b> distress. Transliteration: tsarar<br> Short Definition: labor. Word Origin denominative verb <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6887b.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 5k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3013.htm"><span class="l">3013. yagah -- to <b>suffer</b></span></a><br><b>...</b> 3012, 3013. yagah. 3014 . to <b>suffer</b>. Transliteration: yagah Phonetic Spelling:<br> (yaw-gaw') Short Definition: grieve. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3013.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7456.htm"><span class="l">7456. raeb -- to be hungry</span></a><br><b>...</b> Word Origin a prim. root Definition to be hungry NASB Word Usage famished (1),<br> gets hungry (1), hunger (3), hungry (6), <b>suffer</b> hunger (2). <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7456.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm"><span class="l">5375. nasa -- to lift, carry, take</span></a><br><b>...</b> 5), sets (1), shield-bearer* (1), shield-carrier* (1), show (5), showed (1), showing<br> (1), shows (1), sing (1), spare (2), stirred (3), <b>suffer</b> (2), supplied (1 <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/5375.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 8k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/4591.htm"><span class="l">4591. maat -- to be or become small, diminished, or few</span></a><br><b>...</b> <b>suffer</b> to decrease, diminish, borrow, give. A primitive root; properly, to<br> pare off, ie Lessen; intransitively, to be (or causatively <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/4591.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/2421.htm"><span class="l">2421. chayah -- to live</span></a><br><b>...</b> yaw') Short Definition: leave. keep leave, make alive, certainly, give promise<br> life, let, <b>suffer</b> to live, nourish up A primitive root <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/2421.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/3803.htm"><span class="l">3803. kathar -- to surround</span></a><br><b>...</b> root Definition to surround NASB Word Usage crowned (1), encircled (1), surround<br> (2), surrounded (1), wait (1). beset round, compass about, be crowne, <b>suffer</b>. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/3803.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/7489a.htm"><span class="l">7489a. raa -- to be evil, bad</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1), grieved (1), hard (1), harm (1), harming (1), hostile (3), hurt (3), practiced<br> evil (1), prefer* (2), sad (2), still do wickedly (1), <b>suffer</b> (1), <b>suffer</b> <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/7489a.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><p> <a href="/hebrew/6770.htm"><span class="l">6770. tsame -- to be thirsty</span></a><br><b>...</b> be <b>suffer</b> thirsty. A primitive root; to thirst (literally or figuratively) -- (be<br> a-, <b>suffer</b>) thirst(-y). 6769, 6770. tsame. 6771 . Strong's Numbers. <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6770.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_it_was_necessary_for_2.htm"><span class="l">Whether it was Necessary for Christ to <b>Suffer</b> for the Deliverance <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> THE PASSION OF CHRIST (TWELVE ARTICLES) Whether it was necessary for Christ<br> to <b>suffer</b> for the deliverance of the human race? Objection <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether it was necessary for 2.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_it_was_fitting_for_5.htm"><span class="l">Whether it was Fitting for Christ to <b>Suffer</b> at the Hands of the <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF THE EFFICIENT CAUSE OF CHRIST'S PASSION (SIX ARTICLES) Whether it was<br> fitting for Christ to <b>suffer</b> at the hands of the Gentiles? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether it was fitting for 5.htm</font><p><a href="/library/newton/olney_hymns/hymn_55_jesus_hasting_to.htm"><span class="l">Jesus Hasting to <b>Suffer</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> SACRAMENTAL HYMNS. Hymn 55 Jesus hasting to <b>suffer</b>. William Cowper 8,6,8,6. Jesus<br> hasting to <b>suffer</b>. The Savior! what a noble flame. Was kindled in his breast,. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/newton/olney hymns/hymn 55 jesus hasting to.htm</font><p><a href="/library/julian/revelations_of_divine_love/chapter_iii_i_desired_to.htm"><span class="l">"I Desired to <b>Suffer</b> with Him"</span></a> <br><b>...</b> CHAPTER III "I desired to <b>suffer</b> with Him". "I desired to <b>suffer</b> with Him"<br> AND when I was thirty years old and a half, God sent me <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../julian/revelations of divine love/chapter iii i desired to.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_one_ought_to_suffer.htm"><span class="l">Whether one Ought to <b>Suffer</b> Oneself to be Reviled?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF REVILING (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether one ought to <b>suffer</b> oneself to be reviled?<br> Objection 1: It would seem that one ought not to <b>suffer</b> oneself to be reviled. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether one ought to suffer.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_we_can_suffer_injustice.htm"><span class="l">Whether we Can <b>Suffer</b> Injustice Willingly?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF INJUSTICE (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether we can <b>suffer</b> injustice willingly? Objection<br> 1: It would seem that one can <b>suffer</b> injustice willingly. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether we can suffer injustice.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_the_separated_soul_can_2.htm"><span class="l">Whether the Separated Soul Can <b>Suffer</b> from a Bodily Fire?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF THE SOUL AFTER LEAVING THE BODY, AND OF THE PUNISHMENT INFLICTED ON IT BY MATERIAL<br> FIRE (THREE ARTICLES) Whether the separated soul can <b>suffer</b> from a bodily <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether the separated soul can 2.htm</font><p><a href="/library/clement/the_stromata_or_miscellanies/chapter_xi_the_objection_why_do.htm"><span class="l">The Objection, Why do You <b>Suffer</b> if God Cares for You, Answered.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The Stromata, or Miscellanies. Book IV. Chapter XI."The Objection, Why<br> Do You <b>Suffer</b> If God Cares for You, Answered. But, say <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../clement/the stromata or miscellanies/chapter xi the objection why do.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/indian_methodist_hymn-book/20_here_we_suffer_grief.htm"><span class="l">Here we <b>Suffer</b> Grief and Pain.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Ts'hayilth Staylim 20 HERE WE <b>SUFFER</b> GRIEF AND PAIN. ALKOMAYLUM 1 E-tila<br> tumokh kukh ta s`kaw-`kie, `Kup telthlemelth whum lam hi <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../various/indian methodist hymn-book/20 here we suffer grief.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_these_same_souls_suffer.htm"><span class="l">Whether These Same Souls <b>Suffer</b> Spiritual Affliction on Account of <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF THE QUALITY OF THOSE SOULS WHO DEPART THIS LIFE WITH ORIGINAL SIN ONLY (TWO ARTICLES)<br> Whether these same souls <b>suffer</b> spiritual affliction on account of the <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether these same souls suffer.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/s/suffer.htm"><span class="l"><b>Suffer</b> (195 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 1. (vt) To feel, or endure, with pain, annoyance, etc.; to submit to with distress<br> or grief; to undergo; as, to <b>suffer</b> pain of body, or grief of mind. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/suffer.htm - 36k</font><p><a href="/topical/f/famish.htm"><span class="l">Famish (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> 3. (vt) To kill, or to cause to <b>suffer</b> extremity, by deprivation or denial of<br> anything necessary. 4. (vt) To force or constrain by famine. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/f/famish.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/suffering.htm"><span class="l">Suffering (104 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of <b>Suffer</b>. 2. (n.) The bearing<br> of pain, inconvenience, or loss; pain endured; distress <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/suffering.htm - 40k</font><p><a href="/topical/l/loss.htm"><span class="l">Loss (90 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> chaTa "to <b>suffer</b> as one erring, or as a sinner" (Genesis 31:39, where Jacob assures<br> Laban that he (Jacob) suffered the loss of all animals of the flock torn by <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/l/loss.htm - 37k</font><p><a href="/topical/t/tribulation.htm"><span class="l">Tribulation (43 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> The verb form is rendered "<b>suffer</b> tribulation" (1 Thessalonians 3:4 the King James<br> Version, "<b>suffer</b> affliction" the Revised Version (British and American <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/t/tribulation.htm - 24k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/behoveth.htm"><span class="l">Behoveth (75 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Mark 8:31 and began to teach them, that it behoveth the Son of Man to <b>suffer</b> many<br> things, and to be rejected by the elders, and chief priests, and scribes, and <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/behoveth.htm - 27k</font><p><a href="/topical/k/killed.htm"><span class="l">Killed (352 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 16:21 From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go<br> to Jerusalem and <b>suffer</b> many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/k/killed.htm - 36k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/belongeth.htm"><span class="l">Belongeth (36 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Matthew 19:14 But Jesus said, <b>Suffer</b> the little children, and forbid them not, to<br> come unto me: for to such belongeth the kingdom of heaven. (ASV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/belongeth.htm - 17k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/behooved.htm"><span class="l">Behooved (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance Behooved (4 Occurrences). Luke 24:26 Behooved it not the<br> Christ to <b>suffer</b> these things, and to enter into his glory? (ASV). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/behooved.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/b/behoved.htm"><span class="l">Behoved (10 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> (YLT). Luke 24:46 And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ<br> to <b>suffer</b>, and to rise from the dead the third day: (KJV DBY). <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/b/behoved.htm - 9k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/innocent-suffer.html">Why does God allow the innocent to suffer? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/sin-consequences.html">If Jesus paid the price for our sin, why do we still suffer the consequences of our sin? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/God-Job-Satan.html">Was it unfair for God to allow Job to suffer over what was basically an argument between God and Satan? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/suffer.htm">Suffer: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Suffer (195 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/3-15.htm">Matthew 3:15</a></span><br />And Jesus answering said unto him, <span class="boldtext">Suffer</span> it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.<br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/5-40.htm">Matthew 5:40</a></span><br />and whoever is willing to take thee to law, and thy coat to take -- <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> to him also the cloak.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/7-4.htm">Matthew 7:4</a></span><br />or, how wilt thou say to thy brother, <span class="boldtext">Suffer</span> I may cast out the mote from thine eye, and lo, the beam 'is' in thine own eye?<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/8-21.htm">Matthew 8:21</a></span><br />And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> me first to go and bury my father.<br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/8-22.htm">Matthew 8:22</a></span><br />and Jesus said to him, 'Follow me, and <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> the dead to bury their own dead.'<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/8-31.htm">Matthew 8:31</a></span><br />So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> us to go away into the herd of swine.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/11-12.htm">Matthew 11:12</a></span><br />From the days of John the Baptizer until now, the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/13-30.htm">Matthew 13:30</a></span><br /><span class="boldtext">Suffer</span> both to grow together unto the harvest, and in time of the harvest I will say to the harvestmen, Gather first the darnel, and bind it into bundles to burn it; but the wheat bring together into my granary.<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/16-21.htm">Matthew 16:21</a></span><br />From that time, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> many things from the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/16-26.htm">Matthew 16:26</a></span><br />For what does a man profit, if he should gain the whole world and <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> the loss of his soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/17-12.htm">Matthew 17:12</a></span><br />but I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they didn't recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted to. Even so the Son of Man will also <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> by them."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/17-15.htm">Matthew 17:15</a></span><br />"Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is epileptic, and suffers grievously; for he often falls into the fire, and often into the water.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB ASV DBY YLT RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/17-17.htm">Matthew 17:17</a></span><br />Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> you? bring him hither to me.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/19-8.htm">Matthew 19:8</a></span><br />He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV ASV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/19-14.htm">Matthew 19:14</a></span><br />But Jesus said, <span class="boldtext">Suffer</span> little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.<br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/23-13.htm">Matthew 23:13</a></span><br />But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> ye them that are entering to go in.<br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/24-43.htm">Matthew 24:43</a></span><br />But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/matthew/27-19.htm">Matthew 27:19</a></span><br />While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him."<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/1-34.htm">Mark 1:34</a></span><br />And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/5-19.htm">Mark 5:19</a></span><br />Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/5-37.htm">Mark 5:37</a></span><br />And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/7-12.htm">Mark 7:12</a></span><br />And ye <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; <br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/7-27.htm">Mark 7:27</a></span><br />But Jesus said to her, <span class="boldtext">Suffer</span> the children to be first filled; for it is not right to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/8-31.htm">Mark 8:31</a></span><br />He began to teach them that the Son of Man must <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> many things, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/8-36.htm">Mark 8:36</a></span><br />For what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> the loss of his soul? <br /><span class="source">(DBY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/9-12.htm">Mark 9:12</a></span><br />He said to them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. How is it written about the Son of Man, that he should <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> many things and be despised?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/9-19.htm">Mark 9:19</a></span><br />He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> you? bring him unto me.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/10-14.htm">Mark 10:14</a></span><br />But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, <span class="boldtext">Suffer</span> the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.<br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/mark/11-16.htm">Mark 11:16</a></span><br />And would not <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> that any man should carry any vessel through the temple. <br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/4-41.htm">Luke 4:41</a></span><br />And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/6-42.htm">Luke 6:42</a></span><br />or how art thou able to say to thy brother, Brother, <span class="boldtext">suffer</span>, I may take out the mote that 'is' in thine eye -- thyself the beam in thine own eye not beholding? Hypocrite, take first the beam out of thine own eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to take out the mote that 'is' in thy brother's eye.<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/8-32.htm">Luke 8:32</a></span><br />And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> them to enter into them. And he suffered them. <br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/9-22.htm">Luke 9:22</a></span><br />saying, "The Son of Man must <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/9-41.htm">Luke 9:41</a></span><br />And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> you? Bring thy son hither.<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/9-59.htm">Luke 9:59</a></span><br />And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> me first to go and bury my father.<br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/9-60.htm">Luke 9:60</a></span><br />But Jesus said to him, <span class="boldtext">Suffer</span> the dead to bury their own dead, but do thou go and announce the kingdom of God.<br /><span class="source">(DBY YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/9-61.htm">Luke 9:61</a></span><br />And another also said, I will follow thee, Lord; but first <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> me to bid farewell to them that are at my house.<br /><span class="source">(ASV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/12-39.htm">Luke 12:39</a></span><br />And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/13-8.htm">Luke 13:8</a></span><br />And he answering saith to him, Sir, <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> it also this year, till that I may dig about it, and cast in dung;<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/17-25.htm">Luke 17:25</a></span><br />But first, he must <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> many things and be rejected by this generation.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/18-16.htm">Luke 18:16</a></span><br />But Jesus called them unto him, and said, <span class="boldtext">Suffer</span> little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.<br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/22-15.htm">Luke 22:15</a></span><br />He said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I <span class="boldtext">suffer</span>,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/22-51.htm">Luke 22:51</a></span><br />And Jesus answered and said, <span class="boldtext">Suffer</span> ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him.<br /><span class="source">(WEY BBE WBS YLT NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/24-26.htm">Luke 24:26</a></span><br />Didn't the Christ have to <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> these things and to enter into his glory?" <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/luke/24-46.htm">Luke 24:46</a></span><br />He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> and to rise from the dead the third day,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/11-44.htm">John 11:44</a></span><br />and he who died came forth, being bound feet and hands with grave-clothes, and his visage with a napkin was bound about; Jesus saith to them, 'Loose him, and <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> to go.'<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/12-7.htm">John 12:7</a></span><br />Jesus therefore said, <span class="boldtext">Suffer</span> her to keep it against the day of my burying.<br /><span class="source">(ASV DBY YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/john/18-8.htm">John 18:8</a></span><br />Jesus answered, 'I said to you that I am 'he'; if, then, me ye seek, <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> these to go away;'<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/2-27.htm">Acts 2:27</a></span><br />Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> thine Holy One to see corruption.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/2-31.htm">Acts 2:31</a></span><br />he foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was his soul left in Hades, nor did his flesh see decay.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/3-18.htm">Acts 3:18</a></span><br />But the things which God announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should <span class="boldtext">suffer</span>, he thus fulfilled.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/5-41.htm">Acts 5:41</a></span><br />They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> dishonor for Jesus' name.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/7-24.htm">Acts 7:24</a></span><br />Seeing one of them <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/9-16.htm">Acts 9:16</a></span><br />For I will show him how many things he must <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> for my name's sake." <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/13-18.htm">Acts 13:18</a></span><br />And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness. <br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/13-35.htm">Acts 13:35</a></span><br />Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> thine Holy One to see corruption.<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/14-16.htm">Acts 14:16</a></span><br />Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways. <br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/16-7.htm">Acts 16:7</a></span><br />After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV ASV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/17-3.htm">Acts 17:3</a></span><br />explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> and rise again from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/21-39.htm">Acts 21:39</a></span><br />But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> me to speak unto the people.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/26-23.htm">Acts 26:23</a></span><br />how the Christ must <span class="boldtext">suffer</span>, and how, by the resurrection of the dead, he would be first to proclaim light both to these people and to the Gentiles."<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/acts/28-4.htm">Acts 28:4</a></span><br />And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.<br /><span class="source">(Root in KJV ASV WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/8-17.htm">Romans 8:17</a></span><br />and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if indeed we <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> with him, that we may also be glorified with him.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/romans/8-18.htm">Romans 8:18</a></span><br />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. <br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/3-15.htm">1 Corinthians 3:15</a></span><br />If any man's work is burned, he will <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> loss, but he himself will be saved, but as through fire.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-12.htm">1 Corinthians 4:12</a></span><br />And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> it:<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/6-7.htm">1 Corinthians 6:7</a></span><br />Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> yourselves to be defrauded?<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-12.htm">1 Corinthians 9:12</a></span><br />If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-13.htm">1 Corinthians 10:13</a></span><br />There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.<br /><span class="source">(KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_corinthians/12-26.htm">1 Corinthians 12:26</a></span><br />When one member suffers, all the members suffer with it. Or when one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-6.htm">2 Corinthians 1:6</a></span><br />But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/2-3.htm">2 Corinthians 2:3</a></span><br />And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn't have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.<br /><span class="source">(See RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-9.htm">2 Corinthians 7:9</a></span><br />I now rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you were made sorry to repentance. For you were made sorry in a godly way, that you might <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> loss by us in nothing.<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-12.htm">2 Corinthians 7:12</a></span><br />So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be revealed in you in the sight of God.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-19.htm">2 Corinthians 11:19</a></span><br />For ye <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-20.htm">2 Corinthians 11:20</a></span><br />For ye <span class="boldtext">suffer</span>, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/galatians/1-4.htm">Galatians 1:4</a></span><br />who gave Himself to <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> for our sins in order to rescue us from the present wicked age in accordance with the will of our God and Father. <br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/galatians/3-4.htm">Galatians 3:4</a></span><br />Did you <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> so many things in vain, if it is indeed in vain?<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/galatians/5-11.htm">Galatians 5:11</a></span><br />And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WEY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/galatians/6-12.htm">Galatians 6:12</a></span><br />As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> persecution for the cross of Christ.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philippians/1-29.htm">Philippians 1:29</a></span><br />Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> on his behalf,<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/philippians/4-12.htm">Philippians 4:12</a></span><br />I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> need.<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Colossians 2:16</a></span><br />Therefore <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> no one to sit in judgement on you as to eating or drinking or with regard to a festival, a new moon or a sabbath.<br /><span class="source">(WEY)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/3-4.htm">1 Thessalonians 3:4</a></span><br />For most certainly, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> affliction, even as it happened, and you know.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_thessalonians/5-9.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:9</a></span><br />For God didn't appoint us to wrath, but to the obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,<br /><span class="source">(See NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/1-5.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:5</a></span><br />This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that you may be counted worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which you also <span class="boldtext">suffer</span>.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_thessalonians/1-9.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:9</a></span><br />who shall <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> punishment, 'even' eternal destruction from the face of the Lord and from the glory of his might,<br /><span class="source">(ASV YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_timothy/2-12.htm">1 Timothy 2:12</a></span><br />But I <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_timothy/4-10.htm">1 Timothy 4:10</a></span><br />For to this end we both labor and <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_timothy/1-8.htm">2 Timothy 1:8</a></span><br />Do not be ashamed then to bear witness for our Lord and for me His prisoner; but rather share suffering with me in the service of the Good News, strengthened by the power of God.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_timothy/1-12.htm">2 Timothy 1:12</a></span><br />For this cause I also <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day. The Letter to the Hebrews<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_timothy/2-3.htm">2 Timothy 2:3</a></span><br />As a good soldier of Christ Jesus accept your share of suffering. <br /><span class="source">(Root in WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_timothy/2-9.htm">2 Timothy 2:9</a></span><br />in which I <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> hardship to the point of chains as a criminal. But God's word isn't chained. <br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_timothy/2-12.htm">2 Timothy 2:12</a></span><br />If we <span class="boldtext">suffer</span>, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:<br /><span class="source">(KJV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_timothy/3-12.htm">2 Timothy 3:12</a></span><br />Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> persecution.<br /><span class="source">(WEB KJV ASV WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-3.htm">2 Timothy 4:3</a></span><br />for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not <span class="boldtext">suffer</span>, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers -- itching in the hearing,<br /><span class="source">(YLT)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_timothy/4-5.htm">2 Timothy 4:5</a></span><br />But you be sober in all things, <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> hardship, do the work of an evangelist, and fulfill your ministry.<br /><span class="source">(WEB ASV YLT RSV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/9-26.htm">Hebrews 9:26</a></span><br />or else he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once at the end of the ages, he has been revealed to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.<br /><span class="source">(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/11-25.htm">Hebrews 11:25</a></span><br />Choosing rather to <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;<br /><span class="source">(KJV DBY WBS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/hebrews/13-3.htm">Hebrews 13:3</a></span><br />Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which <span class="boldtext">suffer</span> adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.<br /><span class="source">(KJV WEY WBS NIV)</span><p><a href="/concordance/s/suffer2.htm"></a><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/s/suffer.htm">Suffer</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a 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