Matthew 13:21
he has no root in himself, he does not last, but when the word brings trouble or persecution he is at once repelled.
Matthew 11:6
And blessed is he who is repelled by nothing in me!"
Matthew 5:10-12
Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of goodness! the Realm of heaven is theirs.
Matthew 7:22-23
Many will say to me at that Day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? did we not cast out daemons in your name? did we not perform many miracles in your name?'
Matthew 7:26-27
And everyone who listens to these words of mine and does not act upon them will be like a stupid man who built his house on sand.
Matthew 10:22
and you will be hated by all men on account of my name; but he will be saved who holds out to the very end.
Matthew 10:37-39
He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; he who loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me:
Matthew 13:6
but when the sun rose they got scorched and withered away because they had no root.
Matthew 13:57
So they were repelled by him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet never goes without honour except in his native place and in his home."
Matthew 16:24-26
Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me;
Matthew 24:9-10
Then men will hand you over to suffer affliction, and they will kill you; you will be hated by all the Gentiles on account of my name.
Matthew 24:13
but he will be saved who holds out to the very end.
Matthew 26:31
Then Jesus said to them, "You will all be disconcerted over me to-night, for it is written, I will strike at the shepherd and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.
Matthew 26:33
Peter answered, "Supposing they are all disconcerted over you, I will not be disconcerted."
Mark 4:17
but they have no root in themselves, they do not last; the next thing is that when the word brings trouble or persecution, they are at once repelled.
Mark 8:34-36
Then he called the crowd to him with his disciples and said to them, "If anyone wishes to follow me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and so follow me;
Mark 13:12-13
Brother will betray brother to death, the father will betray his child, children will rise against their parents and kill them,
Luke 8:13
Those 'on the rock' are people who on hearing the word welcome it with enthusiasm, but they have no root; they believe for a while and fall away in the hour of trial.
Luke 9:23-25
He said to all, "If anyone wishes to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross day after day, and so follow me;
Luke 14:26-33
"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, aye and his own life, he cannot be a disciple of mine;
Luke 21:12-18
But before all that, men will lay hands on you and persecute you, handing you over to synagogues and prisons; you will be dragged before kings and governors for the sake of my name.
John 6:26
Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly I tell you, it is not because you saw Signs that you are in quest of me, but because you ate these loaves and had your fill.
John 6:61-65
Jesus, inwardly conscious that his disciples were murmuring at it, said to them, "So this upsets you?
John 6:70-71
Jesus answered them, "Did I not choose you, the twelve? And yet one of you is a devil!"
John 12:25-26
He who loves his life loses it, and he who cares not for his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life.
John 15:5-7
I am the vine, you are the branches. He who remains in me, as I in him, bears rich fruit (because apart from me you can do nothing).
Acts 8:21-23
You come in for no share or lot in this religion. Your heart is all wrong in the sight of God.
Romans 2:7
eternal life to those who by patiently doing good aim at glory, honour, and immortality,
Galatians 5:6
in Christ Jesus circumcision is not valid, neither is uncircumcision, but only faith active in love.
Galatians 6:12
These men who are keen upon you getting circumcised are just men who want to make a grand display in the flesh ??it is simply to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.
Galatians 6:15
For what counts is neither circumcision nor uncircumcision, it is the new creation.
Ephesians 3:17
May Christ dwell in your hearts as you have faith!
Philippians 1:6
of this I am confident, that he who has begun the good work in you will go on completing it until the day of Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 1:15
You are aware that all the Asiatics have discarded me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
2 Timothy 4:10
for Demas, in his love for this world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens is off to Gaul, Titus to Dalmatia,
Hebrews 10:35-39
Now do not drop that confidence of yours; it carries with it a rich hope of reward.
1 Peter 1:5
and the power of God protects you by faith till you do inherit the salvation which is all ready to be revealed at the last hour.
2 Peter 1:8-9
For as these qualities exist and increase with you, they render you active and fruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ;
1 John 2:19-20
They withdrew from us, but they did not belong to us; had they belonged to us, they would have remained with us, but they withdrew to make it plain that they are none of us.
Revelation 2:13
I know where you dwell, where Satan sits enthroned, and yet you adhere to my Name, you have not renounced your faith in me even during the days when my witness, my faithful Antipas, was martyred in your midst ??where Satan dwells.