2 Timothy 3:11-12
my persecutions, and the sufferings that befel me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions did I endure? but the Lord deliver'd me out of them all: yes,
John 16:33
these things I have appriz'd you of, that ye might repose your confidence in me. the world shall give you trouble: but take courage, I have overcome the world.
Acts 14:22
encouraging the disciples, exhorting them to persevere in the faith, representing that it is thro' much tribulation that we must enter into the kingdom of God.
2 Corinthians 4:7-12
but this treasure is lodg'd in such earthen vessels as we are, that the exceeding efficacy of it may appear to be from God, and not from us.
2 Corinthians 4:17
for the light affliction, which I at present suffer, will be infinitely over-ballanced by an eternal weight of glory;
2 Corinthians 11:23-27
so am I: are they ministers of Christ? is it my vanity? I am more so: in toilsome labours I surpass them, in stripes I am exceedingly beyond them, in prisons I have been oftner, and frequently in the very jaws of death.
1 Thessalonians 3:3-4
none of you might be stagger'd by these persecutions: for you know that we are destin'd to suffer.
Hebrews 11:33-38
who through faith subdued kingdoms, practis'd justice, obtained what was promised, stopped the mouths of lions,
James 5:10-11
let the prophets, my brethren, who were commission'd by the Lord, be your examples; suffer persecution with constancy like them.
1 Peter 4:12-13
My dear brethren, don't be surpriz'd at your being brought as it were to the test of fire; as if some strange thing had happen'd to you.
Revelation 7:14-17
my Lord, answer'd I, you can tell. and he said to me, these are they who came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the lamb.