1 Corinthians 4:9-13
For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on exhibition at the disgraced end of the procession, as they do with men who are doomed to die in the arena.
John 16:20
I most solemnly say to you, you will weep and wail, but the world will be glad; you will grieve but your grief will be turned into gladness.
Acts 5:41
So they went out from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer disgrace for Jesus' name;
2 Timothy 1:12
This is why I am suffering so, but I am not ashamed of it, for I know whom I have trusted and I am absolutely sure that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.
Hebrews 10:36
Indeed, to carry out the will of God and to receive the blessing He has promised, you need endurance, for:
Hebrews 11:36
Still others stood the test of taunts and tortures, and even chains and prisons.
Hebrews 12:2
keeping our eyes on Jesus, the perfect leader and example of faith, who, instead of the joy which lay before Him, endured the cross with no regard for its shame, and since has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 13:13
Let us, therefore, go to Him outside the camp, enduring the reproach that He endured;
1 Peter 4:14-16
If you are suffering abuse because you bear the name of Christ, you are happy, because the glorious Spirit of God is resting upon you.