Acts 9:16

Ananias Sent To Saul

¹⁵ But the Lord said to him, "Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel. ¹⁶ For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name." ¹⁷ So Ananias departed and entered into the house, and placing [his] hands on him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me so that you may regain [your] sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit."

For My Name

For My Sake

Great Things

Acts 21:11

And he came to us and took Paul's belt. Tying up his own feet and hands, he said, "This is what the Holy Spirit says: 'In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man whose belt this is, and will deliver [him] into the hands of the Gentiles.'"

2 Corinthians 11:23-27

Are they servants of Christ?--I am speaking as though I were beside myself--I [am] more so, with far greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with beatings to a much greater degree, in [danger of] death many times.

Isaiah 33:1

Ah, destroyer, and yourself not destroyed! And treacherous one, and no one has dealt treacherously with him! When you {cease} destroying, you will be destroyed. When you stop dealing treacherously, one will deal treacherously with you.

Matthew 5:11

Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute [you] and say all kinds of evil things against you, lying on account of me.

Matthew 10:21-25

"And brother will hand over brother to death, and a father [his] children, and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death,

Matthew 24:9

"Then they will hand you over to persecution and will kill you, and you will be hated by all the nations because of my name.

John 15:20

Remember the word that I said to you: 'A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

John 16:1-4

"I have said these [things] to you so that you will not fall away.

Acts 9:14

and here he has authority from the chief priests to tie up all who call upon your name!"

Acts 20:22-23

"And now behold, bound by the Spirit I am traveling to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me {there},

Acts 21:4

And we stayed there seven days [after we] found the disciples, who kept telling Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem.

1 Corinthians 4:9-13

For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as condemned to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world and to angels and to people.

2 Corinthians 6:4

but commending ourselves as servants of God in every [way], in much endurance, in afflictions, in distresses, in difficulties,

1 Thessalonians 3:3

[so that] no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For [you] yourselves know that we are appointed for this,

2 Timothy 1:12

for which reason also I suffer these [things]. But [I am] not ashamed, because I know in whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard [what] I have entrusted until that day.

2 Timothy 2:9-10

in connection with which I suffer misfortune to the point of {imprisonment} as a criminal, but the word of God is not bound.

2 Timothy 3:11

persecutions, [and] sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, [and] in Lystra, what sort of persecutions I endured, and the Lord delivered me from all [of them].

1 Peter 4:14

If you are reviled on account of the name of Christ, [you are] blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

Revelation 1:9

I, John, your brother and co-sharer in the affliction and kingdom and steadfastness in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.