23 Bible Verses about Suffering For Christ's Sake

full of joy, that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for the name of Jesus.

for I will make him see how much he must suffer for my name.

and if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; although we now suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.

for as it is written, "for thy sake we are sacrificed every day; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter:"

and the hopes I had of you continue still the same, knowing that as you have had your share of suffering, so you will likewise have of consolation.

so am I: are they ministers of Christ? is it my vanity? I am more so: in toilsome labours I surpass them, in stripes I am exceedingly beyond them, in prisons I have been oftner, and frequently in the very jaws of death.

the justification which God grants to those who acknowledge Christ and the power of his resurrection, who suffer after his example, and die to sin, as he died to the world,

if we suffer, we shall also reign: if we renounce him,

chusing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

let the prophets, my brethren, who were commission'd by the Lord, be your examples; suffer persecution with constancy like them.

from a principle of conscience. what glory is there in suffering corporal punishment for real offences? but if you meet with ill usage for doing your duty, and bear it with constancy,

However, if you suffer in the cause of virtue, it is your happiness: and instead of being over-awed by their threats, and struck with concern,

but whoever suffers as a christian, let him not be asham'd, but rather give thanks to God upon that account.

but may the all-gracious God, who has called us to eternal glory, perfect, confirm, fortify, and settle you, during the short interval of your sufferings.

Blessed shall you be when men shall revile and persecute you, and falsely charge you with all manner of evil for your attachment to me.

and ye shall be hated by all the world for professing my name: but he that perseveres unto the end, shall escape.

he that would preserve his life, shall lose it: and he that exposeth his life for my sake, shall save it.

and every one that abandons his family, his brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my sake, shall receive in that age an hundred times the value, and shall inherit hereafter everlasting life.

we are made fools for our attachment to Christ, while you, who are christians too, still pass for the wise: we are in poverty, but you are in power: you meet with esteem, but we find contempt.

for we preach not our selves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, professing our selves your servants for his sake.

for as long as I live I shall be exposed to death for the sake of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest by the preservation of our mortal life.

I take pleasure then in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am afflicted, then it is I have fortitude.

for it is a favour bestowed upon you, that you not only believe on Christ, but suffer also for his sake,