1 Peter 2:20
For what glory is it if you patiently endure while sinning and being buffeted? But if you suffer while doing good, and patiently endure, this is a grace from God.
1 Peter 2:19
For this is a grace, if for conscience toward God anyone endures grief, suffering wrongfully.
1 Peter 3:17
For it is better, if the will of God wills it, to suffer for well-doing than for evil-doing.
Matthew 5:10-12
Blessed are they who have been persecuted for righteousness sake! For theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 5:47
And if you greet your brothers only, what do you do more than others? Do not even the tax-collectors do so?
Matthew 26:67
Then they spat in His face and beat Him with the fist. And others struck Him with the palms of their hands,
Mark 14:65
And some began to spit on Him, and to cover His face and to beat Him, and to say to Him, Prophesy! And the under-officers struck Him with slaps.
Luke 6:32
For if you love those who love you, what thanks do you have? For sinners also love those who love them.
Romans 12:1-2
I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, pleasing to God, which is your reasonable service.
1 Corinthians 4:11
Even until this present hour we both hunger and thirst and are naked and are buffeted and have no certain dwelling place.
Ephesians 5:10
proving what is acceptable to the Lord.
Philippians 4:18
But I have all, and abound. I have been filled, having received from Epaphroditus the things which you sent, an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable and well-pleasing to God.
1 Peter 3:14
But if you also suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. And do not fear their fear, nor be troubled,
1 Peter 4:14-16
If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of God and of glory rests on you. Truly according to them, He is blasphemed, but according to you He is glorified.