23 Bible Verses about Suffering For Christ's Sake

They, therefore, left the Sanhedrin and went their way, rejoicing that they had been deemed worthy to suffer disgrace on behalf of the NAME.

For I will let him know the great sufferings which he must pass through for My sake."

and if children, then heirs too--heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ; if indeed we are sharers in Christ's sufferings, in order that we may also be sharers in His glory.

As it stands written in the Scripture, "For Thy sake they are, all day long, trying to kill us. We have been looked upon as sheep destined for slaughter."

And our hope for you is stedfast; for we know that as you are partners with us in the sufferings, so you are also partners in the comfort.

Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as if I were out of my mind.)

I long to know Christ and the power which is in His resurrection, and to share in His sufferings and die even as He died;

"If we patiently endure pain, we shall also share His Kingship; "If we disown Him, He will also disown us;

having determined to endure ill-treatment along with the people of God rather than enjoy the short-lived pleasures of sin;

In illustration, brethren, of persecution patiently endured take the Prophets who have spoken as messengers from the Lord.

If you do wrong and receive a blow for it, what credit is there in your bearing it patiently? But if when you do right and suffer for it you bear it patiently, this is an acceptable thing with God.

But even if you suffer for righteousness' sake, you are to be envied. So do not be alarmed by their threats, nor troubled;

If, however, any one suffers because he is a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God for being permitted to bear that name.

And God, the giver of all grace, who has called you to share His eternal glory, through Christ, after you have suffered for a short time, will Himself make you perfect, firm, and strong.

"Blessed are you when they have insulted and persecuted you, and have said every cruel thing about you falsely for my sake.

And you will be objects of universal hatred because you are called by my name; but he who holds out to the End--he will be saved.

To save your life is to lose it, and to lose your life for my sake is to save it.

And whoever has forsaken houses, or brothers or sisters, or father or mother, or children or lands, for my sake, shall receive many times as much and shall have as his inheritance the Life of the Ages.

We, for Christ's sake, are labeled as "foolish"; you, as Christians, are men of shrewd intelligence. We are mere weaklings: you are strong. You are in high repute: we are outcasts.

(For we do not proclaim ourselves, but we proclaim Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bondservants for the sake of Jesus.)

For we, alive though we are, are continually surrendering ourselves to death for the sake of Jesus, so that in this mortal nature of ours it may also be clearly shown that Jesus lives.

In fact I take pleasure in infirmities, in the bearing of insults, in distress, in persecutions, in grievous difficulties--for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.

For you have had the privilege granted you on behalf of Christ--not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer on His behalf;