All scripture is taken from English Standard Version of the Bible. Word of Christ in Red
Suffer: to undergo, be subjected to, or endure (pain, distress, injury, loss, or anything unpleasant. to undergo or experience (any action, process, or condition). to tolerate or allow.
Matthew 10:38-39
And whoever does not take his cross and follow me is not worth of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Mark 8:34-38
And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it. For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? For what can a man give in return for his soul? For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”
Luke 6:22-23
“Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man! Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for so their fathers did to the prophets.
John 15:18-19
“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the would would love you as it own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
Acts 5:40-41
and when they had called in the apostles, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. Then they left the presence of the counci, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name.
Romans 8:16-18
The Spirit himself bears witness with out spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs–heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
For I consider the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
1 Corinthians 15:19
If in Christ we have hope int his life only, we are of all people the most to be pitied.
2 Corinthians 1:5-7
For as we share abundantly in Christ’s suffering, so though Christ we share abundantly in comfort too. If we are afflicted, it is for you comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for you comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same suffering that we suffer. Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.
Galatians 6:12
It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh who would force you to be circumcised, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.
Ephesians 6:11
Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil, for we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
Philippians 3:8-11
Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith–that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
Colossians 1:24
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body that is, the church.
1 Thessalonians 3:4
For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer afflictions, just as it has come to pass, and just as you know.
2 Thessalonians 1:5
This is the evidence of the righteous judgement of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering—
1 Timothy 1:18
This charge i entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may wage the good warfare.
2 Timothy 1:8
Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
2 Timothy 2:3
Share in the suffering as a good soldier of Christ.
2 Timothy 3:12
Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
2 Timothy 4:5
As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
Titus 1:10-11
For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party. They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach.
Philemon 13
I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me on your behalf during my imprisonment for the gospel.
Hebrews 2:10
For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bring many sons to glory, should make the founder their salvation perfect through suffering.
Hebrews 2:18
For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
James 5:10-11
As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Behold, we consider those blessed who remain steadfast.
1 Peter 4:12
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share in Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.
2 Peter 2:2-3
But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bring upon them swift destruction. And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed. And their greed will exploit you with false words. Their condemnation from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep.
1John 3:16
By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
2 John 7
For many deceiver have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ int he flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
3 John 10
So if I come, I will bring up what he is doing, talking wicked nonsense against us. And not content with that, he refuses to welcome the brothers, and also stops those who want to and puts them out of the church.
Jude 8
Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and blaspheme the glorious ones.
Revelation 2:10
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.
Did you notice the pattern? Every book in the new testament talks about suffering. Whether it is denying ourselves, choosing between what God wants and what we want, the suffering we will endure, or what will come, or even examples of what Paul suffered during his life. The bible is filled with all types of suffering. Whether it’s physically, emotionally, or spiritually, its obvious that these verses and Jesus’ own words show us that we are going to suffer if we are truly seeking to follow Him.
So with that being said, Is suffering optional?
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