Mark 8:35
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, and whoever, for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, will lose his life shall save it.
Matthew 10:39
He who has found his life will lose it, while he who, for my sake, has lost his life shall find it.
Luke 17:33
Whoever is eager to get the most out of his life will lose it; but whoever will lose it shall preserve it.
1 Corinthians 9:23
And I do everything for the sake of the Good News, that with them I may share in its blessings.
2 Timothy 1:8
Do not, therefore, be ashamed of the testimony which we have to bear to our Lord, nor yet of me who am a prisoner for him; but join with me in suffering for the Good News, as far as God enables you.
Matthew 5:10-12
Blessed are those who have been persecuted in the cause of righteousness, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Matthew 10:22
And you will be hated by every one on account of my Name. Yet the man that endures to the end shall be saved.
Matthew 16:25
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, and whoever, for my sake, loses his life shall find it.
Matthew 19:29
Every one who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or land, on account of my Name, will receive many times as much, and will 'gain Immortal Life.'
Luke 6:22-23
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 9:24
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, and whoever, for my sake, loses his life--that man shall save it.
John 12:25-26
He who loves his life loses it; while he who hates his life in the present world shall preserve it for Immortal Life.
John 15:20-21
Remember what I said to you--'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have laid my Message to heart, they will lay yours to heart also.
Acts 9:16
I will myself show him all that he has to suffer for my Name."
Acts 20:24
But I count my life of no value to myself, if only I may complete the course marked out for me, and the task that was allotted me by the Lord Jesus--which was to declare the Good News of the Love of God.
Acts 21:13
It was then that Paul made the reply: "Why are you weeping and breaking my heart like this? For my part, I am ready not only to be bound, but even to suffer death at Jerusalem for the Name of the Lord Jesus."
2 Corinthians 12:10
That is why I delight in weakness, ill-treatment, hardship, persecution, and difficulties, when borne for Christ. For, when I am weak, then it is that I am strong!
2 Timothy 2:11-13
How true this saying is-- 'If we have shared his death, we shall also share his life.
2 Timothy 4:6-8
As for me, my life blood is already being poured out; the time of my departure is close at hand.
Hebrews 11:35
Women received back their dead raised to life. Some were tortured on the wheel, and refused release in order that they might rise to a better life.
1 Peter 4:12-16
Dear friends, do not be astonished at the fiery trials that you are passing through, to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
Revelation 2:10
Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. The Devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tempted, and may undergo persecution for ten days. Be faithful even to death, and I will give you the Crown of Life.
Revelation 7:14
'My Lord,' I answered, 'it is you who know.' 'These,' he said, 'are they who come through the Great Persecution; they washed their robes white in the blood of the Lamb.
Revelation 12:11
Their victory was due to the Blood of the Lamb, and to the Message to which they bore their testimony. In their love of life they shrank not from death.