1 Corinthians 15:19
If in this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most pitiable!
2 Timothy 3:12
Yea, and all who wish to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
Matthew 10:21-25
"And brother will deliver up brother to death; and father, his child; and children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Matthew 24:9
Then will they deliver you up to tribulation, and will slay you; and ye will be hated by all the nations for My name's sake.
Luke 8:14
"And that which fell among the thorns, these are those who heard; and, going forth, they are choked with anxieties, and riches, and pleasures of life, and bear no fruit to perfection.
Luke 21:34
"But take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be weighed down with gluttony and drunkenness, and anxieties pertaining to life, and that day come upon you suddenly as a snare;
John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogues; yea, an hour is coming, that every one who kills you will think that he is offering service to God.
John 16:33
These things have I spoken to you, that in Me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world."
Acts 14:22
confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to abide in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the Kingdom of God.
1 Corinthians 4:9-13
For, I think, God did set forth us the apostles last, as doomed to death; because we became a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.
1 Corinthians 6:3-4
Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more, then, things pertaining to this life?
Ephesians 1:12-13
that we might be to the praise of His glory, we who had before hoped in Christ;
1 Thessalonians 1:3
remembering, without ceasing, your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father;
2 Timothy 1:12
For which cause I am suffering also these things; but I am not ashamed; for I know Whom I have believed, and have become persuaded that He is able to guard my deposit unto that day.
2 Timothy 2:4
No one, serving as a soldier, entangles himself in the affairs of life, that he may please him who enrolled him as a soldier.
1 Peter 1:21
who through Him believe in God, Who raised Him from the dead, and gave Him glory; so that your faith and hope might be in God.
Revelation 14:13
And I heard a voice from Heaven, saying, "Write: Happy are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth! Yea," saith the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them."