Matthew 5:11
Blessed are you when people taunt you, and persecute you, and say everything evil about you--untruly, and on my account.
Acts 5:41
But the Apostles left the Council, rejoicing that they had been thought worthy to suffer disgrace for that Name;
Matthew 10:28
And do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but are unable to kill the soul; rather be afraid of him who is able to destroy both soul and body in the Pit.
Luke 6:22
Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they expel you from among them, and taunt you, and reject your Name as an evil thing--on account of the Son of Man.
Luke 12:4-5
To you who are my friends I say, Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but after that can do no more.
2 Corinthians 3:3
All can see that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, a letter written, not with ink, but with the Spirit of the Living God, not on 'tablets of stone,' but on 'tablets of human hearts.'
Philippians 3:8
More than that, I count everything as loss, for the sake of the exceeding value of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. And for his sake I have lost everything, and count it as refuse, if I may but gain Christ and be found in union with him;
Philippians 3:10
Then indeed I shall know Christ, and the power of his resurrection, and all that it means to share his sufferings,
Titus 2:11-12
For the loving-kindness of God has been revealed, bringing Salvation for all;
Hebrews 10:16
'"This is the Covenant that I will make with them after those days," says the Lord; "I will impress my laws on their hearts, and will inscribe them on their minds,"'
1 Peter 4:4
And, because you do not run to the same extremes of profligacy as others, they are astonished, and malign you.
1 Peter 4:14
If you are reviled for bearing the name of Christ, count yourselves blessed; because the divine Glory and the Spirit of God are resting upon you.