48 Bible Verses about Suffering, Of Believers

Men will hate you because of me. He who endures to the end will be saved.

All men will hate you because of my name. He who endures to the end will be saved.

Beware of men! They will take you to court! They will have you beaten in their meeting places.

Look! I am sending you prophets, wise men, and scribes. Some of them you will torture and kill. Others you will torment and persecute from city to city.

People will cause you tribulation, and kill you. You will be hated by all the nations for my name's sake.

Parent, brothers and sisters and friends will turn you over and cause you to be put to death. Men will hate you because of my name.

They strengthened the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith. They said, We must enter the kingdom of God through much tribulation.

Yes, and all who would live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

It has been granted to you in behalf of Christ. Not only to believe on him, but also to suffer in his behalf.

Do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.

Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. The devil (false accuser) (Devil) is about to throw you into prison, that you may be tested. You will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful even if you must die, and I will give you the crown of life.

It is written: For your sake we are put to death all day long. We are considered as sheep for the slaughter. (Psalm 44:22)

He chose to share the bad treatment with the people of God, rather than enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season. He considered the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt. He looked intently (respectfully) for the payment of the reward.

They laid hands on them, and put them in custody until the next day for it was already evening.

They agreed with him and called the apostles. They beat them and commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus. Then they let them go.

He spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus. He had a dispute with the Greek speaking Jews and they made attempts to kill him.

At that time Herod the king mistreated those of the congregation. He killed James the brother of John with a sword. He saw that it pleased the Jews so he captured Peter also. This happened during the feast of unleavened bread.

Are they ministers of Christ? I speak as a fool. I am more in labors more abundant, beaten beyond number, in prisons more frequent, in deaths often. Of the Jews five times I received forty stripes less one. Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, I suffered shipwreck three times, a night and a day I have spent in the deep.read more.
In journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by my own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brothers; In weariness and painfulness, in watching often, in hunger and thirst, in fasting often, in cold and nakedness. Beside those things that are from the outside, that which comes upon me daily, the care of all the congregations. Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is offended, and I do not burn with indignation?

Did you suffer so many things in vain? Does it have no purpose?

After we suffered and were mistreated in Philippi, we had the boldness (confidence) in our God to speak the good news of God to you amid much opposition.

They think it strange that you do not run with them in wild and reckless living and they speak evil about you.

Remember the former days in which, after being enlightened, you endured great struggle with afflictions. You were at times publicly insulted and mistreated. Other times you were ready to join those who were being treated in this way. You shared the sufferings of prisoners. When all your belongings were seized, you endured your loss gladly. This is because you knew that you possessed something much better, which would last forever.

Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you when men revile you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake. Rejoice, and be filled with joy, for great is your reward in heaven. The prophets, who came before you, were also persecuted.

He looked at his disciples and said: Blessed are you who are poor for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are you who hunger now for you shall be filled. Blessed are you who weep now: for you shall laugh. Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they separate you from their company, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.read more.
Rejoice in that day and leap for joy. For your reward is great in heaven. Your fathers treated the prophets the same way.

They left the council and rejoiced that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

Do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord or of me his prisoner. Join me in suffering for the good news according to the power of God.

For this is to your credit to suffer wrongfully and endure grief because of your conscience toward God.

It is better to suffer for doing what is right, if suffering is God's will, than to suffer for doing evil (wrong) (sin).

Beloved ones do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, for it comes upon you like a test, as though some strange thing were happening to you. As much as you are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy. If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.read more.
Let none of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evildoer, or as a meddler in other people's business. If a man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this name.

God deals with you like children. Endure discipline (instruction) (training). Who is the child whom a father does not discipline?

If you were of the world, the world would love its own. I chose you out of the world. The world hates you because you are not of the world.

I gave them your word. The world hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

If children, then heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ. If indeed we suffer with him we may also be glorified with him.

Let no one trouble me. I bear the marks of Jesus branded on my body.

That is why we boast (rejoice) (have glory) about you in the congregations of God. We boast (rejoice) (have glory) about the way you continue to endure and believe through all the persecutions and sufferings you experience. All of this proves that God's judgment is just, and as a result, you will become worthy of his Kingdom, for which you are suffering.

Now no discipline for the present seems to be joyous. In fact it seems grievous! Nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained.

Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now I keep your word.

Yes, it was for my benefit that I suffered such distress. In your love you kept me from the pit of destruction. You have put (thrown) (hurled) all my sins behind your back.

He takes away the branches in me that do not bear fruit. He cleans every branch that bears fruit. That way it may bear more fruit.

You greatly rejoice in this, though you have been grieved with various trials for a little while. The proof of your faith is more precious than gold that perishes. Though it is tested by fire, it may be found in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

We always carry in the body the death of Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our body.

I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake. I do my share in behalf of his body, the congregation, to provide what is lacking of the afflictions of Christ.

Those who cry while they plant will joyfully sing while they harvest. The person who goes out weeping, carrying his bag of seed, will come home singing, carrying his bundles of grain.

I will show him plainly how many things he must suffer for my name.

Holy Spirit warns me that in every city, prison and hardships are facing me there. I do not consider my life of any account. It is not dear to me so that I may finish the race, and I may accomplish the ministry I received from the Lord Jesus, to preach the good news of the grace of God.

For I think that God has placed us apostles last as men appointed to death. We are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men. We are fools for Christ. But you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honorable, but we are despised. Even to this present hour we both hunger and thirst. We are naked. We are treated badly and we are homeless.read more.
We labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it; being slandered, we answer kindly. We are made as the filth of the world and are the refuse of all things to this day.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort. He comforts us in all our trouble, that we may be able to comfort those who also have trouble, through the comfort with which we are comforted from God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ.

My little children, of whom I am again in labor pains until Christ is formed in you