Matthew 6:33
But seek ye, in the first place, the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be given you over.
Acts 20:24
Yet I make no account of any [suffering], nor regard my life as of any value to myself, farther than as I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord, to testify fully the Gospel of the grace of God.
Philippians 1:20
according to my firm expectation and hope, that I shall be confounded by no event, but that with all boldness, as always hitherto, Christ shall now also be magnified in my body, whether by my life or death.
1 Thessalonians 3:7-9
for this cause we have felt consolation, brethren, in you under all our tribulation and distress, because of your fidelity.