Philippians 1:29
For on behalf of Christ you have the favour of suffering no less than of believing in him,
Matthew 5:11-12
Blessed are you when men denounce you and persecute you and utter all manner of evil against you for my sake;
Matthew 16:17
Jesus answered him, "You are a blessed man, Simon Bar-jona, for it was my Father in heaven, not flesh and blood, that revealed this to you.
John 1:12-13
On those who have accepted him, however, he has conferred the right of being children of God, that is, on those who believe in his Name,
John 6:44-45
No one is able to come to me unless he is drawn by the Father who sent me (and I will raise him up on the last day).
Acts 5:41
The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy of suffering dishonour for the sake of the Name;
Acts 13:39
and that by him everyone who believes is absolved from all that the law of Moses never could absolve you from.
Acts 14:22
strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to hold by the faith, and telling them that "we have to get into the Realm of God through many a trouble."
Acts 14:27
On their arrival they gathered the church together and reported how God had been with them, what he had done, and how he had opened a door into faith for the Gentiles.
Romans 5:3
Not only so, but we triumph even in our troubles, knowing that trouble produces endurance,
Ephesians 2:8
For it is by grace you have been saved, as you had faith; it is not your doing but God's gift,
Colossians 2:12
when you were buried with him in your baptism and thereby raised with him as you believed in the power of the God who raised him from the dead.
James 1:2
Greet it as pure joy, my brothers, when you come across any sort of trial,
James 1:17-18
all we are given is good, and all our endowments are faultless, descending from above, from the Father of the heavenly lights, who knows no change of rising and setting, who casts no shadow on the earth.
1 Peter 4:13
You are sharing what Christ suffered; so rejoice in it, that you may also rejoice and exult when his glory is revealed.