1 John 5:4 (NIV) For everyone born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.
Isaiah 43:2 (NIV) When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.
Romans 8:37 (NIV) No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
2 Corinthians 2:14 (NIV) But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of him.
"True triumphs are God's triumphs over us. His defeats of us are our real victories." --Henry Alford (1810-1871)
Edythe Draper, Draper's Book of Quotations for the Christian World, (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 1992), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "Victory".
