And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands.

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

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

So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: