Revelation 2:13
I know where you dwell, where the Throne of Satan stands. And yet you hold to my Name, and you did not disown my Faith even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death among you where Satan dwells.
1 Timothy 5:8
Any one who fails to provide for his own relations, and especially for those under his own roof, has disowned the Faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.
Acts 22:20
And, when the blood of your martyr, Stephen, was being shed, I was myself standing by, approving of his death, and took charge of the clothes of those who were murdering him.
Revelation 2:9-10
I know your persecution and your poverty--yet you are rich! I know, too, the slander that come from those who declare that they are Jews, though they are not, but are a Congregation of Satan.
Matthew 10:23
But, when they persecute you in one town, escape to the next; for, I tell you, you will not have come to the end of the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
Matthew 24:9
When that time comes, they will give you up to persecution, and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations on account of my Name.
Luke 21:17
And you will be hated by every one on account of my Name.
Acts 9:14
And, here, too, he holds authority from the Chief Priests to put in chains all those who invoke your Name."
1 Thessalonians 5:21
Bring everything to the test; cling to what is good;
2 Timothy 1:13
Keep before you, as an example of sound teaching, all that you learnt from me as you listened with that faith and love which come from union with Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 2:12
If we continue to endure, we shall also share his throne. If we should ever disown him, he, too, will disown us.
Hebrews 3:6
the faithfulness of Christ was that of a Son set over the House of God. And we are his House--if only we retain, unshaken to the end, the courage and confidence inspired by our hope.
Hebrews 10:23
Let us maintain the confession of our hope unshaken, for he who has given us his promise will not fail us.
James 2:7
Is not it they who malign that honorable Name which has been bestowed upon you?
Jude 1:3-4
Dear friends, while I was making every effort to write to you about our common Salvation, I felt that I must write to you at once to urge you to fight in defense of the Faith that has once for all been entrusted to the keeping of Christ's People.
Revelation 2:2
I know your life, your toil and endurance, and I know that you cannot tolerate evil-doers. I know, too, how you tested those who declare that they are Apostles, though they are not, and how you proved them false.
Revelation 2:24-25
But I say to the rest of you at Thyatira--all who do not accept such teaching, whose who did not learn 'the secrets of Satan,' as men call them--I am not laying on you any further burden;
Revelation 3:3
Therefore remember what you have received and heard, and lay it to heart and repent. Unless you are on the watch, I shall come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I am coming to you.
Revelation 3:8-9
I know your life (see, I have set a door open before you which no one is able to shut), I know that, though you have but little strength, you kept my teaching in mind, and did not disown my Name.
Revelation 3:11
I will come quickly. Hold to what you have received, that no one may take your crown.
Revelation 14:12
(Here there is need for endurance on the part of Christ's People--those who lay to heart the commands of God and the Faith of Jesus.)