1 Peter 2:20
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,
1 Peter 2:19
but even to the morose. for it is a recommendation to the divine favour, to suffer unjust persecution
1 Peter 3:17
for since it is the will of heaven you should suffer, it is better you should suffer for your virtue, than for any crimes.
Matthew 5:10-12
Blessed are they who are persecuted upon the account of righteousness: for their's is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 5:47
and if ye salute your brethren only, what mighty matter is that? do not even the heathens do the same?
Matthew 26:67
then they spit in his face, some beat him on the head, others slapt him on the cheeks,
Mark 14:65
then some began to spit on him, others cover'd his face and struck him on the head, crying out, divine, who it is. and the domestics slapt him on the cheeks.
Luke 6:32
for if you only love those, who love you, where's the obligation? the very heathen return love for love.
Romans 12:1-2
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God to you, that you present your bodies a living victim, holy, acceptable unto God, as the service of a rational being.
1 Corinthians 4:11
to this very day we suffer both hunger, thirst, and penury: we are buffeted from place to place, as vagabonds:
Ephesians 5:10
consider what is acceptable to the Lord;
Philippians 4:18
I have now receiv'd the whole, and have more than sufficient: I am loaded with the presents you sent by Epaphroditus, which I have receiv'd as grateful incense, as a sacrifice which God accepts and approves.
1 Peter 3:14
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,
1 Peter 4:14-16
if you suffer indignities in the cause of Christ, you are happy: for the glorious spirit of God rests upon you.