Acts 26:28
"You are in a hurry to persuade me and make a Christian of me!" Agrippa said to Paul.
Acts 11:26
and found him and brought him to Antioch. The result was that for a whole year they met with the church, and taught large numbers of people, and it was at Antioch that the disciples first came to be known as Christians.
Matthew 10:18
and you will be brought before governors and kings on my account, to bear your testimony before them and the heathen.
Mark 6:20
for Herod stood in awe of John, knowing that he was an upright and holy man, and he protected him. And when he heard him talk he was very much disturbed, and yet he liked to hear him.
Mark 10:17-22
As he was starting again on his journey, a man came running up to him, and knelt at his feet and asked him, "Good master, what must I do to make sure of eternal life?"
Acts 24:25
But as he talked of uprightness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became alarmed, and said, "You may go for the present. I will find time later to send for you."
Acts 26:29
"In a hurry or not," said Paul, "I would to God that not only you, but all who hear me today, might be what I am??xcept for these chains!"
2 Corinthians 4:2
I disown disgraceful, underhanded ways. I refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God's message. It is by the open statement of the truth that I would commend myself to every human conscience in the sight of God.
James 1:23-24
For anyone who merely listens to the message without obeying it is like a man who looks in a mirror at the face that nature gave him,
1 Peter 4:16
but if a man suffers for being a Christian, he must not be ashamed of it, but must do honor to God through that name.