Suffering is a temporary condition and offers hope for deliverance from it. God’s holy word acknowledges that suffering is a part of the human experience due to the brokenness of the world, sin, and its consequences. Suffering is not eternal. It is limited to this present life and that a time is coming when it will be replaced by joy and eternal glory.
God can use suffering to refine and strengthen believers, deepen their faith, and produce character growth. It encourages believers to persevere and trust in God’s faithfulness during difficult times. We get hope for deliverance from suffering through the redemptive work of Jesus Christ. Through faith in Christ, we can find comfort, peace, and ultimate victory over suffering. Let us have a look at the following Bible verses that will tell us more about suffering is temporary.
Philippians 1:29
“For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake”
Hebrews 9:27
“And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment”
Matthew 4:24
“And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them”
1 Peter 5:10
“But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you”
Matthew 10:39
“He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it”
Luke 14:27
“And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple”
2 Timothy 3:12
“Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution”
Psalm 119:50
“This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me”
John 16:33
“These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world”
Revelation 21:3
“And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God”
1 Peter 2:21
“For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps”
Romans 5:2
“By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God”
Psalm 119:71
“It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes”
1 Peter 3:18
“For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit”
Isaiah 43:2
“When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee”
Revelation 21:2
“And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband”
Philippians 3:10
“That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death”
Isaiah 53:3
“He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not”
Romans 8:2
“For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death”
Job 5:17
“Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty”
Psalm 34:19
“Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all”
Deuteronomy 8:3
“And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live”
James 1:12
“Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him”
Colossians 1:24
“Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church”
Philippians 3:20
“For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ”
Galatians 6:2
“Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ”
Matthew 10:38
“And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me”
2 Corinthians 1:5
“For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ”
Romans 8:35
“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?”
Romans 8:18
“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”
Psalm 119:67
“Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word”
1 Peter 2:19
“For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully”
Romans 5:3
“And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience”
Romans 8:28
“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose”
2 Corinthians 4:17
“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory”
John 3:16
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life”
Philippians 3:2
“Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision”
Acts 5:41
“And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name”
2 Corinthians 4:1
“Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not”
James 1:2
“My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations”
Hebrews 9:26
“For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself”
Isaiah 53:4
“Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted”
1 Peter 4:12
“Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you”
1 Corinthians 13:3
“And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing”
1 Peter 3:14
“But and if ye suffer for righteousness’ sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled”
2 Peter 3:9
“The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance”
Revelation 2:10
“Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life”
Hebrews 2:10
“For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings”
1 Peter 4:13
“But 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 Peter 4:1
“Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin”
Revelation 21:4
“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away”
