Romans 8:35
What shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall anguish, or calamity, or persecution, or famine? Shall nakedness, or peril, or sword?
1 Corinthians 4:11
Even to his very hour we are enduring hunger and thirst and nakedness and blows.
Matthew 5:10-12
"Blessed are those who have been persecuted in the cause of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 10:28-31
"Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
Luke 21:12-18
"But before all these things happen, they will apprehend you and persecute you and deliver you to the synagogues and to prisons, and bring you before kings and governors for the sake of my name.
John 10:28
"I am giving them eternal life, and they shall never perish, nor shall any one snatch them out of my hand.
John 13:1
Now just before the feast of the Passover, Jesus, knowing that his hour was come when he should leave this world to go to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, showed forth his love to the end.
John 16:33
I have said all this to you that in me you might have peace. In the world you will have tribulation, but be courageous; I have overcome the world."
Acts 14:22
Everywhere they strengthened the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to hold to the faith. "It is through many tribulations," they said, "that we must enter into the kingdom of God."
Acts 20:23-24
except that in city after city the Holy Spirit is warning me that bonds and afflictions are awaiting me.
Romans 5:3-5
And not only so, but we are actually exulting also even in our troubles; for we know that trouble works fortitude,
Romans 8:17
and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ; but to share his glory, we must now be sharing his sufferings.
Romans 8:39
Nor height, nor depth, Nor any other created thing, Shall be able to separate us from the love of God Which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
2 Corinthians 4:17
For my light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working out for me a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,
2 Corinthians 6:4-10
but in every way I am striving to commend myself as God's minister by stedfast endurance, by afflictions, by troubles, by distresses,
2 Corinthians 11:23-27
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as though I were beside myself), such, far, more, am I; in labors more abundant, in imprisonments also more abundant, in floggings beyond measure, in deaths often.
2 Thessalonians 2:13-14
But for you, brothers, whom the Lord loves, I ought to give thanks to God continually, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation in consecration of the Spirit and belief of the truth.
2 Thessalonians 2:16
And may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal encouragement and a good hope in grace,
2 Timothy 1:12
But I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have fully believed, and I am thoroughly persuaded that he is able to keep what I have given him until the Day.
2 Timothy 4:16-18
At the time of my first defense no one stood by me; on the contrary they all deserted me??ay it not be laid to their charge!
Hebrews 12:3-11
Compare yourselves with him who endured such hostility against himself at the hands of sinners, lest you grow weary, fainting in your souls.
James 1:2-4
My brothers, when you are beset by various temptations, count it all joy,
1 Peter 1:5-7
who, through faith, are continuously guarded by the power of God for a salvation, ready to be revealed in the last days.
1 Peter 4:12-14
Do not think it strange, beloved, that a fiery ordeal has come to test you, as though some surprising thing had befallen you.
Revelation 1:5
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the Ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has loosed us from our sins in his own blood;
Revelation 7:14-17
And I said to him, "You know, my Lord." And he said to me, "These are those who have come out of the great persecution, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.