Revelation 2:10
Do not be so afraid of what you are to suffer. See! The devil is going to throw some of you into prison to be tested there and for ten days to suffer pressing troubles. Each one of you must prove to be faithful, even if you have to die, and I will give you the crown of life.
Matthew 10:22
And you will be hated by all men, because you bear my name, but whoever bears up to the end will be saved.
James 1:12
Blessed is the person who endures trial, for when he stands the test, he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love Him.
1 Peter 5:4
and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the glorious crown that never fades.
Revelation 2:9
"I know your pressing trouble and poverty, but still you are rich; I know how you are abused by those who claim to be Jews although they are not, but are only a synagogue of Satan.
Revelation 13:15-17
Permission has also been given him to impart life to the statue of the wild beast so that it can speak, and to have all who do not worship the statue of the wild beast killed.
Matthew 10:28
You must never be afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul. But rather you must keep on fearing Him who can destroy both soul and body in the pit.
Matthew 24:13
But whoever bears up to the end will be saved.
Mark 8:35
For whoever wants to save his higher life, will have to give up the lower life, and whoever gives up his lower life for me and for the good news, will save the higher life.
Mark 13:13
You will be hated by everybody, because you bear my name. But whoever bears up to the end will be saved.
Luke 12:4-7
So I tell you, my friends, never be afraid of those who kill the body but after that have nothing more that they can do.
Luke 21:12
But before all this takes place, people will arrest you and persecute you, and turn you over to synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.
Luke 21:16-19
Yes, you will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and kinsmen and friends, and they will put some of you to death,
John 12:25
Whoever loves his lower life will lose the higher, but whoever hates his lower life in this world preserves the higher for eternal life.
John 13:2
So Jesus, while supper was on -- although He knew that the devil had suggested to Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray Him --
John 13:27
As soon as he took the bread, Satan took possession of Judas. Then Jesus said to him, "Make quick work of what you are to do."
Acts 20:24
But now I count as nothing the sacrifice of my life, if only I can finish my race and render the service entrusted to me by the Lord Jesus, of faithfully telling the good news of God's favor.
Acts 21:13
Then Paul answered, "What do you mean by crying and breaking my heart? Why, I am ready not only to be bound at Jerusalem but to die there for the sake of the Lord Jesus."
1 Corinthians 9:25
Any man who enters an athletic contest practices rigid self-control in training, only to win a wreath that withers, but we are in to win a wreath that never withers.
Ephesians 2:2
in which you once lived in accordance with the spirit of this present world, and the mighty prince of the air, who is always at work in the disobedient, among whom all of us, we Jews as well as you heathen,
Ephesians 6:12
For our contest is not with human foes alone, but with the rulers, authorities, and cosmic powers of this dark world; that is, with the spirit-forces of evil challenging us in the heavenly contest.
2 Timothy 4:7-8
I have fought the fight for the good, I have run my race, I have kept faith.
1 Peter 1:6-7
In such a hope keep on rejoicing, although for a little while you must be sorrow-stricken with various trials,
1 Peter 5:8
Be calm and alert. Your opponent the devil is always prowling about like a roaring lion, trying to devour you.
Revelation 3:10-11
Because you have kept my message with the patient endurance that I give you, I also will keep you from the time of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test the inhabitants of the earth.
Revelation 12:9-11
So the huge dragon, the ancient serpent, called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world, was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.
Revelation 13:2
The wild beast which I saw was like a leopard, but his feet were like a bear's, and his mouth was like a lion's mouth. To him the dragon gave his own power and throne with great authority.
Revelation 13:7
Permission was given to him to make war on God's people and to conquer them; authority was given to him over every tribe, people, language, and nation.