The best Bible verses for suffering (NLT) include passages about God's love, strength, and guidance. This page features 15+ carefully curated Scripture passages for suffering (NLT), each selected for its relevance and depth. Read, save, and share the perfect verse for your situation.
"Instead, be very glad — for these trials make you partners with Christ in his suffering, so that you will have the wonderful joy of seeing his glory when it is revealed to all the world."1 Peter 4:13
"Instead, be very glad — for these trials make you partners with Christ in his suffering, so that you will have the wonderful joy of seeing his glory when it is revealed to all the world."1 Peter 4:13
"So you received the message with joy from the Holy Spirit in spite of the severe suffering it brought you. In this way, you imitated both us and the Lord."1 Thessalonians 1:6
"For the more we suffer for Christ, the more God will shower us with his comfort through Christ."2 Corinthians 1:5
"Even when we are weighed down with troubles, it is for your comfort and salvation! For when we ourselves are comforted, we will certainly comfort you. Then you can patiently endure the same things we suffer."2 Corinthians 1:6
"We are confident that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in the comfort God gives us."2 Corinthians 1:7
"So never be ashamed to tell others about our Lord. And don’t be ashamed of me, either, even though I’m in prison for him. With the strength God gives you, be ready to suffer with me for the sake of the Good News."2 Timothy 1:8
"That is why I am suffering here in prison. But I am not ashamed of it, for I know the one in whom I trust, and I am sure that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until the day of his return."2 Timothy 1:12
"And because I preach this Good News, I am suffering and have been chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained."2 Timothy 2:9
"You know how much persecution and suffering I have endured. You know all about how I was persecuted in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra — but the Lord rescued me from all of it."2 Timothy 3:11
"“The siege and terrible distress of the enemy’s attack will be so severe that you will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters, whom the LORD your God has given you."Deuteronomy 28:53
"So please don’t lose heart because of my trials here. I am suffering for you, so you should feel honored."Ephesians 3:13
"God, for whom and through whom everything was made, chose to bring many children into glory. And it was only right that he should make Jesus, through his suffering, a perfect leader, fit to bring them into their salvation."Hebrews 2:10
"Think back on those early days when you first learned about Christ. Remember how you remained faithful even though it meant terrible suffering."Hebrews 10:32
"Remember those in prison, as if you were there yourself. Remember also those being mistreated, as if you felt their pain in your own bodies."Hebrews 13:3
"In that wonderful day when the LORD gives his people rest from sorrow and fear, from slavery and chains,"Isaiah 14:3
Translations differ in what they optimise for. Some follow the original wording closely at the cost of a natural English sentence; others read smoothly and make interpretive choices to get there. Neither is wrong, but they produce noticeably different verses.
Each of the 15 verses below is shown in the translation you asked for, and every verse links to a page comparing all six side by side — which is usually the fastest way to see where the translators disagreed.
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The most-cited Bible verses for suffering (NLT) are 1 Peter 4:13, 1 Thessalonians 1:6, 2 Corinthians 1:5. This page collects 15 of them, each with its full passage, context and the text in six translations.
Read the verse in its surrounding passage before you use it — a verse that fits in isolation sometimes says something different in context. Compare two translations where the wording is unclear, and pick for the person who will read it rather than for the theme.
Scripture returns to suffering (NLT) across both testaments rather than settling it in one passage, which is why the verses on this page do not all say the same thing. Read together they give a fuller answer than any single verse does.
There is no single best translation. The NIV and NLT read most naturally and communicate well to someone outside the church; the ESV and NASB stay closer to the original wording; the KJV carries the phrasing most people recognise. Every verse here links to a page showing all six side by side.
More than any page can list. This one carries the 15 that are most often turned to for suffering (NLT), chosen so each stands on its own and links through to the full chapter it belongs to.