Acts 14:22
confirming the souls of the disciples, calling on them to continue in the faith and that through much tribulation we must enter into the kingdom of God.
John 16:33
I have spoken these things to you so that you might have peace in Me. In the world you shall have tribulation, but be of good cheer. I have overcome the world.
2 Timothy 3:12
Yea, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
Romans 8:17
And if we are children, then we are heirs; heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ; so that if we suffer with Him, we may also be glorified together.
1 Thessalonians 3:2-4
And we sent Timothy, our brother and minister of God, and our fellow laborer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you and to comfort you concerning your faith,
1 Peter 5:10
But the God of all grace, He calling us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, He will perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
Luke 22:28-29
You are those who have continued with Me in My trials.
John 3:5
Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless a man is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Acts 11:23
who was glad when he had come and had seen the grace of God. And he exhorted all with purpose of heart to remain near to the Lord.
Acts 13:43
And the synagogue being broken up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
Acts 15:32
And Judas and Silas, also being prophets themselves, exhorted the brothers with many words and confirmed them.
Acts 15:41
passing through Syria and Cilicia, making the churches strong.
Acts 18:23
And after he had spent some time there, he departed and went over the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.
Colossians 1:23
if indeed you continue in the faith grounded and settled, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which you have heard and which was proclaimed in all the creation under Heaven, of which I, Paul, became a minister,
1 Thessalonians 3:13
in order to establish your hearts blameless in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints.
Isaiah 35:3
Make the weak hands strong and make the feeble knees sure.
Matthew 10:21-22
And brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. And the children shall rise up against their parents and cause them to be put to death.
Matthew 10:38
And he who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.
Matthew 16:24
Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
Matthew 19:24
And again I say to you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Mark 9:47
And if your eye offends you, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes to be cast into hell fire
Mark 10:24-25
And the disciples were astonished at His words. But Jesus answering again said to them, Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!
Mark 10:30
but he shall receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands with persecutions, and in the world to come, eternal life.
Luke 24:26
Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?
John 8:31-32
Then Jesus said to the Jews who believed on Him, If you continue in My Word, you are My disciples indeed.
John 12:25-26
He who loves his life shall lose it. And he who hates his life in this world shall keep it to life eternal.
John 15:4-6
Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me.
John 15:9-10
As the Father has loved Me, so I have loved you; continue in My love.
John 15:20
Remember the word that I said to you, The servant is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they have kept My saying, they will also keep yours.
John 16:1-2
I have spoken these things to you so that you should not be offended.
Acts 6:7
And the Word of God was increasing. And the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was multiplying exceedingly; even a great crowd of the priests obeyed the faith.
Acts 9:16
For I will show him what great things he must suffer for My name's sake.
1 Corinthians 1:8
He shall also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 1:8
Therefore you should not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner. But be partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God,
2 Timothy 2:11-12
For faithful is the Word, for if we died with Him, we shall also live with Him.
1 Peter 4:12-16
Beloved, do not be astonished at the fiery trial which is to try you, as though a strange thing happened to you,
2 Peter 1:11
For so an entrance shall be ministered to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Jude 1:3
Having made all haste to write to you about the common salvation, beloved, I had need to write to you to exhort you to contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints.
Jude 1:20-21
But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,
Revelation 1:9
I, John, who also am your brother and companion in the affliction, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the island that is called Patmos, for the Word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 2:10
Do not at all fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the Devil will cast some of you into prison, so that you may be tried. And you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.
Revelation 7:14
And I said to him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are the ones who came out of the great tribulation and have washed their robes, and have whitened them in the blood of the Lamb.