Adversaries Quote by Thomas a Kempis

If thou art willing to suffer no adversity, how wilt thou be the friend of Christ?

— Thomas a Kempis

How should thy patience be crowned in heaven if none adversity should befall to thee in earth? If thou wilt suffer none adversity how…

— Thomas a Kempis

Christ did not suffer so you wouldn’t suffer. He suffered so when you suffer you will become like Him.

— Anonymous

No friend sympathizes so tenderly with his friend in affliction as does Jesus. In all our afflictions, He afflicted. He feels all our sorrows,…

— John Flavel

Being Christlike guarantees that you'll have the most important friend of all: the Savior. He knows what it's like to be misunderstood, lonely, and…

— John Bytheway

“do not have to worry about my friend’s judgment of me. Instead of responding out of anger, I can rest in God’s judgment of…

— Hannah Anderson

Christ was willing to suffer wrongs and to be despised, and do you dare to complain of anything?.

— Anonymous

At no time will we be more Christlike than when we are a friend.

— Marlin K. Jensen

Jesus Christ did not suffer so that you would not suffer. He suffered so that when you suffer, you’ll become more like him. The…

— Timothy Keller

You will never have a better friend than a friend who points you to Christ.

— Alistair Begg

If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens…

— Anonymous

“[S]how yourself a Christian, by suffering without murmuring; - in patience possess your soul: they lose nothing who gain Christ.”

— Samuel Rutherford