Passage cross-references.

And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. …

That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.

Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. …

Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. …

My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;

And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. …

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; …

For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,

Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. …

Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.