Philippians 1:30
You will be engaged in the same hard struggle as that which you once saw me waging, and which you hear that I am waging still.
Acts 16:19-40
When her masters saw that there was no hope of further profit from her, they seized Paul and Silas, dragged them into the public square to the authorities,
1 Thessalonians 2:2
For, although we had experienced suffering and ill-treatment, as you know, at Philippi, we had the courage, by the help of our God, to tell you God's Good News in spite of great opposition.
2 Timothy 4:7
I have run the great Race; I have finished the Course; I have kept the Faith.
John 16:33
I have spoken to you in this way, so that in me you may find peace. In the world you will find trouble; yet, take courage! I have conquered the world."
Romans 8:35-37
Who is there to separate us from the love of the Christ? Will trouble, or difficulty, or persecution, or hunger, or nakedness, or danger, or the sword?
1 Corinthians 4:9-14
For, as it seems to me, God has exhibited us, the Apostles, last of all, as men doomed to death. We are made a spectacle to the universe, both to angels and to men!
1 Corinthians 15:30-32
Why, too, do we risk our lives every hour?
Ephesians 6:11-18
Put on the full armor of God, so that you may be able to stand your ground against the stratagems of the Devil.
Colossians 1:29-1
It is for that I toil, struggling with all the energy which he inspires and which works powerfully within me.
1 Thessalonians 2:14-15
For you, Brothers, began to follow the example of the Churches of God in Judea which are in union with Jesus Christ; you, in your turn, suffering at the hands of your fellow-citizens, in the same way as those Churches did at the hands of the Jews--
1 Thessalonians 3:2-4
And sent Timothy, our Brother and God's minister of the Good News of the Christ, to strengthen you, and to encourage you in your faith,
1 Timothy 6:12
Run the great race of the Faith, and win the Immortal Life. It was for this that you received the Call, and, in the presence of many witnesses, made the great profession of Faith.
2 Timothy 2:10-12
and that is why I submit to anything for the sake of God's People, that they also may obtain the Salvation which comes from union with Christ Jesus, and imperishable glory.
Hebrews 10:32-33
Call to mind those early days in which, after you had received the Light, you patiently underwent a long and painful conflict.
Hebrews 12:4
You have not yet, in your struggle with sin, resisted to the death;
Revelation 2:10-11
Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. The Devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tempted, and may undergo persecution for ten days. Be faithful even to death, and I will give you the Crown of Life.
Revelation 12:11
Their victory was due to the Blood of the Lamb, and to the Message to which they bore their testimony. In their love of life they shrank not from death.