3 John 1:7

For they have started out for His name's sake and so accept nothing from the heathen,

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 8:4

Now those who were scattered went from place to place preaching the good news of the message.

Acts 9:16

For I am going to show him how great are the sufferings he must endure for my name's sake."

If others share this right with you, have we not a stronger claim? Yet, we have never used this right; no, we keep on bearing everything, to keep from hindering the progress of the good news of Christ.

1 Corinthians 9:18

Then what is the pay that I am getting? To be able to preach the good news without expense to anybody, and so never to make full use of my rights in preaching the good news.

2 Corinthians 4:5

For I am not proclaiming myself but Christ Jesus as Lord, and myself a slave of yours for Jesus' sake.

2 Corinthians 11:7-9

Did I do wrong in taking a lowly place to let you have an exalted one, in that I preached the good news about God to you without accepting any pay?

2 Corinthians 12:13

In what respect, then, were you inferior to the rest of the churches, except for the fact that I, and I only, never received from you any financial support? Please forgive me this wrong.

Colossians 1:24

I am now glad to be suffering for you, and in my own person I am filling in what is lacking in Christ's sufferings for His body, that is, the church.

Revelation 2:3

You are showing patient endurance, and you have borne it for my sake, and have not grown weary.

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