1 Thessalonians 2:2
But, although we had just suffered and been insulted, as you remember, at Philippi, we again summoned courage by the help of God, in spite of the terrific strain, to tell you God's good news.
Acts 16:22-24
The crowd also joined in the attack upon them, and the chiefs of the police court had them stripped and flogged.
Acts 4:13
They were surprised to see the courage shown by Peter and John and to find that they were uneducated men, and especially untrained in the schools, but they recognized the fact that they had been companions of Jesus,
Acts 17:2-9
So Paul, as he usually did, went to the synagogue, and for three sabbaths discussed with them the Scriptures,
2 Timothy 1:12
This is why I am suffering so, but I am not ashamed of it, for I know whom I have trusted and I am absolutely sure that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.
Acts 4:20
for we cannot keep from telling what we have seen and heard."
Acts 4:31
When they had prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and continued courageously to speak God's message.
Acts 5:41
So they went out from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer disgrace for Jesus' name;
Acts 6:9-10
But members of the synagogue known as that of the Libyans, Cyreneans, and Alexandrians, and men from Cilicia and Asia, got to debating with Stephen,
Acts 14:3
In spite of this, however, they stayed there a considerable time and continued to speak with courage from the Lord, who continued to bear testimony to His gracious message and kept on granting signs and wonders to be done by them.
Acts 15:1-2
Some people came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised in accordance with the custom that Moses handed down, you cannot be saved."
Acts 16:12
From there we went on to Philippi, a Roman colony, the leading town in that part of Macedonia. In this town we stayed some days.
Acts 16:37
But Paul said to them, "They beat us in public and that without a trial, and put us in jail although we are Roman citizens! Let them come here themselves and take us out!"
Acts 17:17
So he kept up his discussions in the synagogue with the Jews and the pagans who were worshiping there, and also day by day in the public square with any who chanced to be there.
Acts 19:8
He went to the synagogue there and for three months courageously spoke, keeping up his discussions and continuing to persuade them about the kingdom of God.
Ephesians 6:19-20
and for me that a message may be given me when I open my lips, so that I may boldly make known the open secret of the good news,
Philippians 1:27-30
Only you must practice living lives that are worthy of the good news, so that whether I come and see you or stay away, I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, and that with one purpose you are continuing to cooperate in the fight for faith in the good news.
Colossians 2:1
I want you to know what a battle I am fighting for you and for those in Laodicea, yes, for all who have never known me personally,
1 Thessalonians 1:5
for our preaching of the good news came to you not entirely in words but with power and with the Holy Spirit and with absolute certainty (for you know the kind of men we were among you for your own sakes).
Hebrews 11:36-37
Still others stood the test of taunts and tortures, and even chains and prisons.
Hebrews 12:2-3
keeping our eyes on Jesus, the perfect leader and example of faith, who, instead of the joy which lay before Him, endured the cross with no regard for its shame, and since has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
1 Peter 2:14-16
and to governors as sent by Him to punish those who do evil and to reward those who do right.
Jude 1:3
Dearly beloved, while I was doing my best to begin writing you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write and urge you to carry on a vigorous defense of the faith that was once for all entrusted to God's people.