Philippians 1:30
You have the same struggle that you saw in me and now hear that I am still having.
Acts 16:19-40
When her owners realized that their hope of making money was gone, they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities who met together in the public square.
1 Thessalonians 2:2
As you know, we suffered persecution and were mistreated in Philippi. Yet we were encouraged by our God to tell you his gospel in spite of strong opposition.
2 Timothy 4:7
I have fought the good fight. I have completed the race. I have kept the faith.
John 16:33
I have told you this so that through me you may have peace. In the world you'll have trouble, but be courageous I've overcome the world!"
Romans 8:35-37
Who will separate us from the Messiah's love? Can trouble, distress, persecution, hunger, nakedness, danger, or a violent death do this?
1 Corinthians 4:9-14
For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display in last place, like men condemned to death. We have become a spectacle for the world, for angels, and for people to stare at.
1 Corinthians 15:30-32
And why in fact are we being endangered every hour?
Ephesians 6:11-18
Put on the whole armor of God so that you may be able to stand firm against the Devil's strategies.
Colossians 1:29-1
I work hard and struggle to do this, using the energy that he powerfully provides in me.
1 Thessalonians 2:14-15
For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in union with the Messiah Jesus. You suffered the same persecutions from the people of your own country as they did from those Jews
1 Thessalonians 3:2-4
and send Timothy, our brother who works with us for God in the gospel of the Messiah, to strengthen and encourage you in your faith,
1 Timothy 6:12
Fight the good fight for the faith. Keep holding on to eternal life, to which you were called and about which you gave a good testimony in front of many witnesses.
2 Timothy 2:10-12
For that reason, I endure everything for the sake of those who have been chosen so that they, too, may receive the salvation that is in the Messiah Jesus, along with eternal glory.
Hebrews 10:32-33
But you must continue to remember those earlier days, how after you were enlightened you endured a hard and painful struggle.
Hebrews 12:4
In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
Revelation 2:10-11
Don't be afraid of what you are going to suffer. Look! The Devil is going to throw some of you into prison so that you may be tested. For ten days you will undergo suffering. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the victor's crown of life.
Revelation 12:11
Our brothers conquered him by the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they did not cling to their lives even in the face of death.