Galatians 4:29
But then even as he born according to flesh persecuted him born according to the Spirit, so it is also now.
Genesis 21:9
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian (whom she had borne to Abraham) mocking.
Galatians 5:11
And I, brothers, if I yet proclaim circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the offense of the Cross has ceased.
Matthew 23:34-37
Therefore, behold, I send prophets and wise men and scribes to you. And you will kill and crucify some of them. And some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city;
John 3:5
Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless a man is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
John 15:9
As the Father has loved Me, so I have loved you; continue in My love.
Romans 8:1
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Romans 8:13
For if you live according to the flesh, you shall die. But if you through the Spirit mortify the deeds of the body, you shall live.
Galatians 4:23
But, indeed, he out of the slave-woman has been born according to flesh, and he out of the free woman through the promise;
Galatians 6:12-14
As many as desire to look well in the flesh, these compel you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ.
1 Thessalonians 2:14-15
For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus. For you also have suffered these things by your own countrymen, even as they also by the Jews;
Hebrews 10:33-34
indeed being exposed both by reproaches and afflictions, and while you became companions of those who lived so.