Philippians 1:29
for to you it was given in behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but in his behalf to suffer also;
Matthew 5:11-12
Blessed are ye, when men revile you, and persecute you, and say every thing that is bad against you, falsely, for my sake.
Matthew 16:17
And Jesus answering said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon, son of Jonah; for flesh and blood did not reveal it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven.
John 1:12-13
But as many as received him, to them he gave power to become children of God,to those who believed in his name;
John 6:44-45
No one can come to me, unless the Father, who sent me, draw him: and I will raise him up in the last day.
Acts 5:41
They therefore went away from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame in behalf of that name;
Acts 13:39
and by him every one that believeth is justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses.
Acts 14:22
confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying that it is through many afflictions that we mast enter into the kingdom of God.
Acts 14:27
And when they had arrived and had gathered the church together, they related what great things God had wrought with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the gentiles.
Romans 5:3
And not only so, but we rejoice in afflictions also, knowing that affliction produceth endurance,
Ephesians 2:8
For by grace ye have been saved, through faith; and this is not of yourselves; it is the gift of God;
Colossians 2:12
having been buried with him in your baptism; in which also ye were raised to life with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead;
James 1:2
Count it all joy, my brethren, when ye fall into various temptations;
James 1:17-18
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no change, nor shadow from turning.
1 Peter 4:13
but, in so far as ye share in Christs sufferings, rejoice; that also at the manifestation of his glory ye may rejoice with exceeding joy.