Acts 9:16

Ananias Sent To Saul

¹⁵ But the Lord said unto him, Go; for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel; ¹⁶ for I will show him how much he must suffer for My name’s sake.” ¹⁷ Then Ananias went and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus who appeared unto thee in the way as thou didst come, has sent me, that thou might receive thy sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

For My Name

For My Sake

Great Things

Acts 21:11

And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle and bound his own hands and feet and said, Thus saith the Holy Spirit, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owns this girdle and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

2 Corinthians 11:23-27

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more, in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths often.

Isaiah 33:1

Woe to thee that dost spoil, and thou wast not spoiled; and dost deal treacherously, and they did not deal treacherously with thee! When thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to dealing treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee.

Matthew 5:11

Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake.

Matthew 10:21-25

And brother shall deliver up brother unto death, and the father the child, and children shall rise up against their parents and cause them to be put to death.

Matthew 24:9

Then they shall deliver you up to be afflicted and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

John 15:20

Remember the word that I said unto you, The slave is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.

John 16:1-4

These things I have spoken unto you that ye should not be offended.

Acts 9:14

and even here he has authority from the princes of the priests to bind all that call on thy name.

Acts 20:22-23

And now, behold, I go bound of the Spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there,

Acts 21:4

And finding the disciples, we tarried there seven days, who said to Paul through the Spirit that he should not go up to Jerusalem.

1 Corinthians 4:9-13

For I think that God has set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death; for we are made a spectacle unto the world and to angels and to men.

2 Corinthians 6:4

But in all things showing ourselves as the ministers of God in much patience, in tribulations, in necessities, in distresses,

1 Thessalonians 3:3

that no one should be moved in these tribulations, for you know that we are appointed for this.

2 Timothy 1:12

For which cause I also suffer these things; nevertheless, I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

2 Timothy 2:9-10

in which I suffer trouble, like unto an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.

2 Timothy 3:11

persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra, persecutions I have endured, and the Lord delivered me out of them all.

1 Peter 4:14

If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are ye; for the glory and the Spirit of God rests upon you; certainly on their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.

Revelation 1:9

I John, your brother and participant in the tribulation and in the kingdom and in the patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.