Acts 9:16

Ananias Sent To Saul

¹⁵ But the Lord said to him, "Go; I have chosen him to be the means of bringing my Name before the Gentiles and their kings as well as before the sons of Israel. ¹⁶ I will show him all he has to suffer for the sake of my Name." ¹⁷ So Ananias went off and entered the house, laying his hands on him with these words, "Saul, my brother, I have been sent by the Lord, by Jesus who appeared to you on the road, to let you regain your sight and be filled with the holy Spirit."

For My Name

For My Sake

Great Things

Acts 21:11

He came to us, took Paul's girdle and bound his own feet and hands, saying, "Here is the word of the holy Spirit: 'So shall the Jews bind the owner of this girdle at Jerusalem and hand him over to the Gentiles'."

2 Corinthians 11:23-27

Ministers of Christ? yes perhaps, but not as much as I am (I am mad to talk like this!), with all my labours, with all my lashes, with all my time in prison ??a record longer far than theirs. I have been often at the point of death;

Matthew 5:11

Blessed are you when men denounce you and persecute you and utter all manner of evil against you for my sake;

Matthew 10:21-25

Brother will betray brother to death, the father will betray his child, children will rise against their parents and put them to death,

Matthew 24:9

Then men will hand you over to suffer affliction, and they will kill you; you will be hated by all the Gentiles on account of my name.

John 15:20

Remember what I told you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they hold to my word, they will hold to yours.

John 16:1-4

I have told you all this, to keep you from being repelled.

Acts 9:14

And in this city too he has authority from the high priests to put anyone in chains who invokes thy Name!"

Acts 20:22-23

Now here I go to Jerusalem under the binding force of the Spirit. What will befall me there, I do not know.

Acts 21:4

We found out the local disciples and stayed there for seven days. These disciples told Paul by the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem;

1 Corinthians 4:9-13

For it seems to me that God means us apostles to come in at the very end, like the doomed gladiators in the arena! We are made a spectacle to the world, to angels and to men!

2 Corinthians 6:4

I prove myself at all points a true minister of God, by great endurance, by suffering, by troubles, by calamities,

1 Thessalonians 3:3

to prevent anyone being disturbed by these troubles. (Troubles are our lot, you know that well;

2 Timothy 1:12

and this is why I am suffering. Still, I am not ashamed of it; I know whom I have trusted and I am certain he is able to keep what I have put into his hands till the great Day.

2 Timothy 2:9-10

for which I have to suffer imprisonment as if I were a criminal. (But there is no prison for the word of God.)

2 Timothy 3:11

my persecutions, my sufferings ??all that befell me at Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, all the persecutions I had to undergo, from which the Lord rescued me.

1 Peter 4:14

If you are denounced for the sake of Christ, you are blessed; for then the Spirit of glory and power, the Spirit of God himself, is resting on you.

Revelation 1:9

I John, your brother and your companion in the distress and realm and patient endurance which Jesus brings, found myself in the island called Patmos, for adhering to God's word and the testimony of Jesus.