Mark 8:35
For whoever wants to preserve his own life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for me and for the good news will preserve it.
Matthew 10:39
Whoever gains his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will gain it.
Luke 17:33
Whoever tries to preserve his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.
1 Corinthians 9:23
And I do it all for the sake of the good news, so that I may share in its blessings along with the rest.
2 Timothy 1:8
So you must not be ashamed to testify to our Lord, nor be ashamed of me who am in prison for his sake, but join with me in suffering for the good news, through the power of God.
Matthew 5:10-12
"Blessed are those who have endured persecution for their uprightness, for the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to them!
Matthew 10:22
You will be hated by everybody on my account, but the man who holds out to the very end will be saved.
Matthew 16:25
For whoever wants to preserve his own life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for me will find it.
Matthew 19:29
And anyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or land for my sake will receive many times as much, and share eternal life.
Luke 6:22-23
"Blessed are you when people hate you and exclude you and denounce you and spurn the name you bear as evil, on account of the Son of Man.
Luke 9:24
For whoever wants to preserve his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for me will preserve it.
John 12:25-26
Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life.
John 15:20-21
Remember what I said to you: No slave is greater than his master. If they have persecuted me they will persecute you too. If they have observed my teaching, they will observe yours too.
Acts 9:16
For I am going to show him what he will have to endure for my sake."
Acts 20:24
But my life does not matter, if I can only finish my race and do the service intrusted to me by the Lord Jesus, of declaring the good news of God's favor.
Acts 21:13
Then Paul answered, "What do you mean by crying and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound at Jerusalem but to die there for the sake of the Lord Jesus."
2 Corinthians 12:10
That is why I am pleased with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties, when they are endured for Christ's sake, for it is when I am weak that I am strong.
2 Timothy 2:11-13
How true those words are! "If we have died with him, we will live with him!
2 Timothy 4:6-8
My life is already being poured out, and the time has come for my departure.
Hebrews 11:35
Women had their dead restored to them by resurrection. Others endured torture, and refused to accept release, that they might rise again to the better life.
1 Peter 4:12-16
Dear friends, do not be surprised that a test of fire is being applied to you, as though a strange thing were happening to you,
Revelation 2:10
Do not be afraid of what you are going to suffer. See! The devil is going to put some of you into prison to be tested there, and for ten days to endure persecution. Prove faithful even unto death and I will give you the crown of life.
Revelation 7:14
I said to him, "You know, my lord." He said to me, "They are the people who come through the great persecution, who have washed their robes white in the blood of the Lamb.
Revelation 12:11
They have conquered him because of the Lamb's blood, and the message to which they bore testimony, for they did not cling to life even in the face of death.