Philippians 1:29
This also is of God. For to you it is given, with regard to Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for him:
Matthew 5:11-12
Happy are ye when men shall revile and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake.
Matthew 16:17
And Jesus answering said to him, Happy art thou, Simon Barjonah; for flesh and blood have not revealed this to thee, but my Father who is in heaven.
John 1:12-13
But as many as received him, to them gave he privilege to become the sons of God, to them that believe in his name:
John 6:44-45
No man can come to me, unless the Father who hath sent me, draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day.
Acts 5:41
And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his 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, and exhorting them to continue in the faith; and that we must through many tribulations enter into the kingdom of God.
Acts 14:27
And being come and having gathered the church together, they related all that God had done with them, and that he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
Romans 5:3
And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also,
Ephesians 2:8
For by grace ye are saved through faith; and this not of yourselves:
Colossians 2:12
Buried with him in baptism, by which ye are also risen with him, through the faith of the operation of God, who raised him from the dead.
James 1:2
My brethren, count it all joy, when ye fall into divers temptations, Knowing that the trying of your faith worketh patience.
James 1:17-18
descending from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
1 Peter 4:13
rejoice, that when his glory shall be revealed, ye may likewise rejoice with exceeding great joy.