Galatians 5:11
But I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I still suffer persecution? then the offence of the cross would be done away.
Matthew 23:34-37
Therefore I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: you will kill and crucify some of them; and will scourge some of them in your synagogues, and will persecute them from city to city;
John 3:5
Jesus responded, Truly, truly, I say unto thee, Unless any one may be born of water and Spirit, he is not able to enter into the kingdom of the heavens.
John 15:9
As the Father loved me, I also loved you: abide in my love.
Romans 8:1
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:13
For if you live according to depravity, you are about to die: but if through the Spirit you kill the practices of the body, you shall live.
Galatians 6:12-14
So many as wish to make a fair show in the flesh, these compel you to be circumcised; only that they do not suffer persecution on account of the cross of Christ.
1 Thessalonians 2:14-15
For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Jesus Christ: because you suffered the same things from your fellow tribes, as they also from the Jews;
Hebrews 10:33-34
both indeed in reproaches and tribulations being exposed as a theater, and having become the companions of those being thus exercised.