1 Peter 2:20
For what credit is it if you sin and are mistreated and endure it? But if you do good and suffer and so endure, this finds favor with God.
1 Peter 2:19
For this finds God's favor, if because of conscience toward God someone endures hardships in suffering unjustly.
1 Peter 3:17
For it is better to suffer for doing good, if God wills it, than for doing evil.
Matthew 5:10-12
"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
Matthew 5:47
And if you only greet your brothers, what more do you do? Even the Gentiles do the same, don't they?
Matthew 26:67
Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists. And some slapped him,
Mark 14:65
Then some began to spit on him, and to blindfold him, and to strike him with their fists, saying, "Prophesy!" The guards also took him and beat him.
Luke 6:32
"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
Romans 12:1-2
Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice -- alive, holy, and pleasing to God -- which is your reasonable service.
1 Corinthians 4:11
To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and without a roof over our heads.
Ephesians 5:10
trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.
Philippians 4:18
For I have received everything, and I have plenty. I have all I need because I received from Epaphroditus what you sent -- a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, very pleasing to God.
1 Peter 3:14
But in fact, if you happen to suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. But do not be terrified of them or be shaken.
1 Peter 4:14-16
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, who is the Spirit of God, rests on you.