23 Bible Verses about Suffering For Christ's Sake

Indeed therefore they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were considered worthy to be treated shamefully for the name of Jesus.

For I will give him a glimpse of how many things it is necessary for him to suffer for my name.

And if children, also heirs, heirs indeed of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if indeed we suffer jointly, so that we may also be glorified jointly.

Just as it is written, For thy sake we are killed the whole day long. We are considered as sheep of slaughter.

knowing that, as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also of the encouragement.

Are they helpers of Christ? (I speak as being mad) I more: in toils, more abundantly; in stripes, countless; in prisons, more frequently; in deaths often.

to know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the participation of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,

If we endure, we will also reign together. If we renounce him, that man will also renounce us.

having chosen rather to be mistreated with the people of God, than to have the pleasure of sin temporarily.

Take an example, my brothers, of evil-suffering and longsuffering, the prophets who spoke in the name of Lord.

For what kind of credit is it, if, sinning and being beaten, ye will endure? But if, doing good and suffering, ye will endure, this is graciousness with God.

But even if ye should suffer because of righteousness, ye are blessed. But do not fear their terror nor be shaken,

But if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this regard.

And may the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus (after suffering a little while) himself thoroughly prepare you. He will establish, strengthen, and provide a foundation.

Blessed are ye when they revile you, and persecute you, and say every evil word, being deceitful against you because of me.

And ye will be hated by all men because of my name, but he who endures to the end, this man will be saved.

He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life because of me will find it.

And every man who has forsaken houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, because of my name, will receive a hundredfold, and will inherit eternal life.

We are foolish for the sake of Christ, but ye are wise in Christ. We are weak, but ye are strong. Ye are esteemed, but we are disreputable.

For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves are your bondmen through Jesus.

For we who live are always given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that also the life of Jesus may be made visible in our mortal flesh.

Therefore I am pleased in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in restrictions, for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Because to you it was granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him,