129 Bible Verses about Death

For it has been granted you in Christ's behalf, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake,

For, alive though I am, I am always given over to death for the sake of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may shine forth in my dying flesh.

Most gladly therefore will I boast rather of my weakness, that over me like a tent may be pitched the power of Christ. That is why I rejoice in weakness, in ill-treatment, in troubles, in persecutions and calamities for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

Thus, then, sin came into the world through one man, and through sin came death and so death spread to all men, because all had sinned.

But she who lives in wantonness is dead even while she still lives.

And every one who is living and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?"

having their understanding darkened, alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardening of their hearts.

He bore our sins in his own body upon the tree, in order that we might become dead to sins, and be alive unto righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.

And since you call upon him as Father, who impartially judges each one according to his deeds, pass the time of your sojourning here in reverence.

"I must work the works of him that sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no man can work.

Therefore, since the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also similarly partook of the same, in order that through death he might render powerless him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more, Nor will there be mourning, Nor crying, nor pain any more. Because the first things have passed away."

This has now been made manifest through the appearing of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who has put an end to death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.

Afterward he was seen at one time by more than five hundred brethren, most of whom are still alive, but some are fallen asleep.

"Why all this tumult and loud weeping?" he asked.

Thus, then, sin came into the world through one man, and through sin came death and so death spread to all men, because all had sinned.

let him know that he who brings a sinner back from the error of his ways, saves his soul from death, and hides a multitude of sins.

But as for the cowards, the faithless, the abominable, And for the murderers, fornicators, sorcerers, Idolaters, and all liars, Their part will be in the lake that blazes with fire and brimstone. "This is the second death."

FOR THE POOR WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH, BUT THE FREE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS, OUR MASTER.

And since you call upon him as Father, who impartially judges each one according to his deeds, pass the time of your sojourning here in reverence.

"I must work the works of him that sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no man can work.

And since you call upon him as Father, who impartially judges each one according to his deeds, pass the time of your sojourning here in reverence.

"I must work the works of him that sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no man can work.

"But God said to him. 'Foolish man! This very night your soul is wanted! And these things you have prepared, whose shall they be?

Afterward he was seen at one time by more than five hundred brethren, most of whom are still alive, but some are fallen asleep.

This he said, then told them, "Lazarus, our friend, has fallen asleep, but I am going to wake him."

And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, "Write, Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord from henceforth! Yea, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, For their deeds do follow them."

for if you go on living according to the flesh, you are on the road to die; but if by the Spirit you keep putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

Blessed and holy is he who has a part in the first resurrection; on such the second death has no power, but they will be God's priests, and Christ's; and will reign with him for a thousand years.

"I do not have a demon," said Jesus, "but I am honoring my Father, and you are dishonoring me. "Yet I am not seeking my own honor. There is One who is seeking it, and He is judge. "In solemn truth I tell you that if any one obeys my teaching he shall never behold death."

For he must rule until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy that will be destroyed is Death. For He hast put all things under his feet, but in that quotation All things are put under him, it is evident that God is excepted, who put all things under Him. read more.
For when everything is subjected to him, then the Son himself shall subject himself to Him who made them subject, that God may be all in all.

What we do see is Jesus, who was made for a time a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor, because of the suffering of death, in order that through God's grace he might taste death for every man. For it befitted him, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the Pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings. For both he who sanctifies and those whom he is sanctifying are all from One; for which reason he is not ashamed to call them brothers, saying. read more.
I will proclaim thy name to my brothers; In the midst of the Church I will hymn thy praises. And again, I myself will put my trust in God. And again, Lo, I and the children God has given me. Therefore, since the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also similarly partook of the same, in order that through death he might render powerless him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

they gave Jesus wine to drink, mingled with gall. But after tasting it he refused to drink it. After crucifying him, they parted his garments among them by casting lots. Then they sat and watched him there. read more.
They also placed above his head his accusation written, This is Jesus The King of the Jews At that time two robbers, also, were crucified with him; one on his right hand, the other on his left. Those who passed by reviled him, wagging their heads saying. "You who were going to destroy the Temple and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!" In like manner the chief priests, too, with the Scribes and elders, kept taunting him. "He saved other," they said, "himself he cannot save. He, the King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe on him! He put his trust in God. let Him deliver him now, if He cares for him. For he said, 'I am the Son of God!'" In the same way the robbers also who were being crucified with him, dept reviling him. Now from noon darkness fell upon the whole land, until three o'clock in the afternoon. But at three o'clock Jesus cried out in loud voice, "Eli, Eli, Lama Sabachthani?" (That is to say, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?") When they heard this, some of the bystanders said "He is calling for Elijah!" At once, one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filling it with vinegar, put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. But the rest said: "Let be! Let us see whether Elijah is coming to save him!" And Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and yielded up his spirit. And lo, the veil of the sanctuary was torn in two, from the top to the bottom; the earth quaked; the rocks split; the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised. And coming forth out of the tombs, after his resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many.

There they attempted to give him wine mingled with myrrh; but he refused it. Then they crucified him, and divided his garments among them, casting lots upon them to see what each should take. It was nine o'clock in the morning when they crucified him. read more.
Over his head there was written the words of the charge against him. "The King of the Jews" Now with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right hand and one on his left. OMITTED TEXT. And the passers-by kept jeering at him, wagging their heads and saying. "Ah! you who were to 'destroy the sanctuary and rebuild it in three days,' save yourself! Come down from the cross! In the same way the high priests also, as well as the Scribes, kept on mocking him to themselves. "He saved others," they said, "but himself he cannot save. The Christ! The King of Israel! Let him now come down from the cross, that we may see and believe." They also who had been crucified with Jesus kept reviling him. At noon a darkness came over the whole country, lasting until three in the afternoon. At three o'clock Jesus cried in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" When they heard this, some of the bystanders said, "Listen, he is calling for Elijah." Then a man ran and filled a sponge full of sour wine, and put it on a stick, and offered it to him to drink, saying, "Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down!" But Jesus uttered a loud cry and expired. And the curtain of the Sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom.

He was also followed by a great crowd of people, and of women too, who were beating their breast and lamenting him. But Jesus turned and said: "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; "but weep for yourselves and for your children. For behold, the days are coming when they shall say, 'Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that have never bore children, and the breasts that never suckled.' read more.
"Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and to the hills, 'Cover us!' "For if this is what they do in the green tree, what will they do in the dry?" And there were led out with him to be executed, two criminals also. When they came to the place called "The Skull," there they crucified him and the criminals also, one upon his right hand, and one upon his left. Jesus kept saying, "Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." And they divided his garments among them, casting lots for them, and the people stood looking on. Even the rulers repeatedly taunted him, saying, "He saved others, let him save himself, if this fellow is indeed the Christ of God, His Chosen One!" Even the soldiers made sport of him by coming up and offering him sour wine, saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself." For there was an inscription over his head, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. And one of the criminals who had been hung there kept reviling him, saying. "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us." But the other, answering, reproved him, saying. "Have you no fear of God even? When you are suffering the same punishment as he? "We indeed justly, for we are receiving due retribution for what we have done. But he has done no wrong." Then he added, "Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom." "In solemn truth I tell you," said Jesus, "that this day you shall be with me in Paradise." It was now about the sixth hour, and a darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour. And the sun was darkened, and the curtain of the sanctuary was torn in two in the Temple. Then with a loud cry, Jesus said, "Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit!" And after uttering these words, he yielded up his spirit. When the army captain saw what had happened, he glorified God, saying, "This man was really innocent!" And all the crowds who had assembled to see this spectacle, after witnessing what had been done, were returning beating upon their breast. But all his acquaintances and the women who had been his followers continued to stand at a distance, looking on.

So then he gave him over to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus, who went forth bearing his own cross, to a place called The Place of a Skull??n the Hebrew tongue, Golgotha. There they crucified him; and with him two others, one on either side, and Jesus between them. read more.
And Pilate moreover wrote an inscription and placed it above the cross. What he wrote was, "JESUS, THE NAZARENE, KING OF THE JEWS" This inscription was read by many of the Jews, because the place where they crucified Jesus was near the city, and the inscription was written in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek. So the high priests of the Jews said to Pilate, "Do not write 'King of the Jews,' but 'He said, I am King of the Jews.'" Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written!" After the soldiers had crucified Jesus, they took his garments and divided them into four parts, to each soldier a part, and the tunic. Now the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom; so the soldiers said one to another. "Let us not tear it. Let us draw lots, to see whose it shall be"??hat the Scripture might be fulfilled. They divided my garments among them, For my raiment did they cast lots. This was what the soldiers did. Now there stood near the cross of Jesus, his mother and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother, and standing near her the disciple whom he loved, he said to his mother, "Woman behold your son." Then he said to the disciple, "Behold your mother." And from that hour the disciple took her to his home. After that, when Jesus knew that everything was now accomplished, he said in fulfilment of the words of Scripture, "I am thirsty." There was a jar full of vinegar standing there; and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it upon a stalk of hyssop, and put it to his lips. Then after he had taken the vinegar, Jesus said, "IT IS FINISHED!" And bowing his head, he yielded up his spirit.

"Moreover I say to you that you are Petros (a rock), and on this petra (rock) I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against her.

For not one of us lives unto himself, and not one dies unto himself. If we live, we live unto our Lord; if we die, we die unto our Lord. So then, whether we live or die, we belong to our Lord.

But now, now, Christ is risen from the dead, the first-fruit of those who have fallen asleep. For since by man came to death, by man came also the resurrection from the dead. For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. read more.
But each in his own order; Christ the first-fruits, then those who belong to Christ at his appearing.

Thus, then, sin came into the world through one man, and through sin came death and so death spread to all men, because all had sinned. For prior to the Law, sin actually existed in the world, but sin was not set down to man's account when there was no law. Nevertheless, from Adam to Moses death reigned as king, even over those who had not sinned after the likeness of Adam's transgression. Now Adam is a type of Him who was to come. read more.
But the free gift is not like the transgression; for if through the transgression of that one man the rest on men died, much more did the grace of God and the gift given in his grace in the one Man, Jesus Christ, overflow unto the rest of men. And it is not with the free gift as it was through the one that sinned; for the judgment came from one transgression unto condemnation; but the free gift came from many transgressions unto acquittal. For if through the transgression of the one, death reigned as king through the one, much more shall those who receive the overflowing grace and gift of righteousness reign as kings in life through One, through Jesus Christ. It follows then, as through the transgression of one man came condemnation unto all men, even so through the act of righteousness of One came acquittal and life to all men. For just as through the disobedience of one man the rest were made sinners; even so by the obedience of One shall all the rest be made righteous. Now law was brought in so that transgression might abound; but where sin abounded, grace super-abounded; in order that as sin has ruled as king in death, so also grace might rule as king in righteousness which issues in eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord,??urs!

But if Christ is in you, though your bodily self is dead because of sin, your spirit is full of life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him who raised up Jesus from dead is dwelling in you, He who raised up Jesus from the dead is dwelling in you, He who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also make your dying bodily self live by his indwelling Spirit in your lives.

But some one will ask. "How are the dead raised? and with what body are they coming?" Foolish man! The seed you sow does not come to life unless it dies. And when you sow the seed you are not sowing the body that it will become, but bare grain, of wheat perhaps, or some other grain. read more.
But God gives it what body he pleases, and to each kind of seed its own body.

If you died with Christ to the world's rudimentary notions, why, as if you still lived in the world, do you submit yourselves to dogmatisms found on teachings and doctrines of men??21 such as "Do not handle this," "You must not taste that," "Do not touch this"??22 all things which are intended to perish in the using?

But if Christ is in you, though your bodily self is dead because of sin, your spirit is full of life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him who raised up Jesus from dead is dwelling in you, He who raised up Jesus from the dead is dwelling in you, He who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also make your dying bodily self live by his indwelling Spirit in your lives.

No indeed; how shall we who have died to sin still go on living in it any longer? For do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Jesus Christ, have been baptized into his death? We have been buried together with him, then, through baptism into his death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we should live in a newness of life. read more.
For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, so we shall also be united with him in the likeness of his resurrection. For this we know, that our old self was crucified with Christ, in order that the slave of sin might be destroyed; so that we should no longer be in slavery to sin??7 for he who is dead is set free from sin. Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him; knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more; death has no more dominion over him. For the death that he died, he died unto sin once for all; but the life that he lives he is living unto God. Even so count yourselves also to be dead unto sin, but alive unto God in Christ Jesus.

Surely, brothers, you know (for I am speaking to those who know what law means) that law governs a person only during his lifetime? For a married woman who has a husband is bound by law to her husband during his lifetime; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of her husband. So then, if during her husband lifetime, she unites herself with another man, she will be counted an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from the Law, so that she is no adulteress, even if she unites herself with another man. read more.
So also, my brother, you were made dead to the Law through the body of Christ; that you should be joined to another, even to Him who was raised from the dead that we might bear fruit for God. For while we were unspiritual, the sinful passions, aroused by the Law, were ever active in every part of our bodies, leading us to bear fruit unto death. But now we have been released from the Law, because we are dead to that in which we were held; so that we are now in thralldom in new and spiritual conditions, and not under the old written code. What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? Certainly not. On the contrary I should not have become acquainted with sin had it not been for the Law; for except the Law had repeatedly said, "Thou shalt not lust," I should never have known the sin of lust. But when sin had gained a vantage-ground, by means of the commandment, it stirred up within me all manner of lust; for where there is no law, sin is dead. Once I lived apart from the Law, myself; but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died; and the very commandment which should have meant life, this I found to mean death.

So it is my keen expectation and hope that I shall never feel ashamed, but that with fearless courage, now as hither to, Christ may be magnified in my body, whether by my life or by my death. For, with me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

Blessed and holy is he who has a part in the first resurrection; on such the second death has no power, but they will be God's priests, and Christ's; and will reign with him for a thousand years.

But as for the cowards, the faithless, the abominable, And for the murderers, fornicators, sorcerers, Idolaters, and all liars, Their part will be in the lake that blazes with fire and brimstone. "This is the second death."

Let him who has ears, listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. He that overcomes shall not be hurt of the second death.

Instantly she fell down at his feet and expired, and when the young men came in they found her dead, and carried her out and buried her husband.

And he came near and touched the bier; the bearer stopped and he said, "Young man, I bid you to rise." And he who was dead sat up and began to speak; and he gave him to his mother.

When he had said this he cried with a great voice, "Lazarus, come forth!" Out came the dead man, wrapped hand and foot with grave-clothes, and his face bound up in a napkin. Jesus said to them, "Untie him, and let him go."

Thus there is now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus; for the law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and of death. For God has done what the Law could not do, weakened as it was by flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and on account of sin, he condemned sin in the flesh; read more.
in order that the Law might be fulfilled in us who order our lives not after the flesh, but after the spirit.

By faith Enoch was translated so that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God had translated him. Before his translation he had witness borne to him that he pleased God.

To be earthly minded means death; To be spiritually minded means life and peace.

For when you were the slaves of sin, you were under no subjection to righteousness. What harvest-fruit then had you at that time in the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death.

For he must rule until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy that will be destroyed is Death.

"For thou wilt not leave my soul in Hades, Nor give up thy Holy One to see corruption.

And afterwards we who are alive, who remain, shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air; and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Lo, I tell you a secret truth. we shall not all be sleeping, but we shall be changed,

For this I tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are living, who survive unto the coming of the Lord, will in no wise precede those who have fallen asleep.

For in this tent I am groaning, earnestly longing to be under the cover of my heavenly habitation; if so be that being so covered,

So I have good courage, and am well pleased rather, to be in banishment from the body and to be at home with the Lord.

So it is my keen expectation and hope that I shall never feel ashamed, but that with fearless courage, now as hither to, Christ may be magnified in my body, whether by my life or by my death. For, with me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. But now, if life in the flesh, if this be the fruit of my toil??hat to choose I do not know, read more.
but am in a quandary between the two. I am perplexed. I have a strong desire to break camp and to be with Christ, which is far better;

Where, Death, is thy victory? Where, Death, is thy sting?

Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the Law.

that he was buried, and that he was raised the third day, according to the Scriptures,

For your pain came from God, and so you took no harm from me. For the pain which is from God works repentance leading to salvation, a repentance never to be regretted. But the world's pain works death.

And he will wipe away every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more, Nor will there be mourning, Nor crying, nor pain any more. Because the first things have passed away."

"For indeed they cannot die any more; they are equal to the angels, and through being sons of the resurrection are sons of God.

By faith Enoch was translated so that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God had translated him. Before his translation he had witness borne to him that he pleased God.

And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, "Write, Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord from henceforth! Yea, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors, For their deeds do follow them."

For, with me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.

I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore; and hold the keys of death and of Hades.

I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore; and hold the keys of death and of Hades.

In those days men will seek death, and will not find it; they will long to die, but death ever flees from them.

These all died in faith, not having yet received the promises; nay, but they saw them from afar, and hailed them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

"The Father loves me for this, because I am laying down my life that I may take it again. "No man is taking it away from me. I am laying it down on my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father."

"Do not wonder at this, because an hour is coming in which all who are in their graves shall hear his voice and shall come forth again; "those who have done good into a resurrection of life, and those who have practised evil to a resurrection of condemnation.

And since it is appointed to men once to die, and after that the judgment;

If we live, we live unto our Lord; if we die, we die unto our Lord. So then, whether we live or die, we belong to our Lord.

Thus, then, sin came into the world through one man, and through sin came death and so death spread to all men, because all had sinned.

"But in the course of time the beggar died; and he was carried by angels into Abraham's bosom.

but was by his resurrection from the dead instated as Son of God, with power, in respect of his spirit of holiness.

So they stoned Stephen while he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit." Then he knelt down and cried aloud, "Lord, lay not this sin to their charge."

Then lust conceives and gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is mature, brings forth death.

I for my part am a libation already being poured in sacrifice; and the time of my unmooring is at hand. I have fought in the glorious contest; I have run the race; I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the garland of righteousness which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that Day, and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.

"But God said to him. 'Foolish man! This very night your soul is wanted! And these things you have prepared, whose shall they be?

So I hope to send him, as soon as ever I see how it will go with me;

since I know that the time for me to strike tent comes swiftly on, even as our Lord Jesus Christ pointed out to me.

"Now lettest thou thy slave depart, O Master; according to thy word in peace,

So I liked, and lo, a pale horse; and he who sat on him was named Death; and Hades was following after him. To them was given authority over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with the sword, and with famine, and with death, and with the wild beasts of the earth.

For it has been granted you in Christ's behalf, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake,

For, alive though I am, I am always given over to death for the sake of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may shine forth in my dying flesh.

Most gladly therefore will I boast rather of my weakness, that over me like a tent may be pitched the power of Christ. That is why I rejoice in weakness, in ill-treatment, in troubles, in persecutions and calamities for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

Then after he had taken the vinegar, Jesus said, "IT IS FINISHED!" And bowing his head, he yielded up his spirit.

just as the Father knows me, I know the Father, and I lay down my life for the sheep.

"The Father loves me for this, because I am laying down my life that I may take it again. "No man is taking it away from me. I am laying it down on my own accord. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father."

For it has been granted you in Christ's behalf, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake,

For, alive though I am, I am always given over to death for the sake of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may shine forth in my dying flesh.

Most gladly therefore will I boast rather of my weakness, that over me like a tent may be pitched the power of Christ. That is why I rejoice in weakness, in ill-treatment, in troubles, in persecutions and calamities for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

"I must work the works of him that sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no man can work.

FOR THE POOR WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH, BUT THE FREE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE IN CHRIST JESUS, OUR MASTER.

Thus, then, sin came into the world through one man, and through sin came death and so death spread to all men, because all had sinned. For prior to the Law, sin actually existed in the world, but sin was not set down to man's account when there was no law. Nevertheless, from Adam to Moses death reigned as king, even over those who had not sinned after the likeness of Adam's transgression. Now Adam is a type of Him who was to come. read more.
But the free gift is not like the transgression; for if through the transgression of that one man the rest on men died, much more did the grace of God and the gift given in his grace in the one Man, Jesus Christ, overflow unto the rest of men. And it is not with the free gift as it was through the one that sinned; for the judgment came from one transgression unto condemnation; but the free gift came from many transgressions unto acquittal. For if through the transgression of the one, death reigned as king through the one, much more shall those who receive the overflowing grace and gift of righteousness reign as kings in life through One, through Jesus Christ.

For it has been granted you in Christ's behalf, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake,

For, alive though I am, I am always given over to death for the sake of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may shine forth in my dying flesh.

Most gladly therefore will I boast rather of my weakness, that over me like a tent may be pitched the power of Christ. That is why I rejoice in weakness, in ill-treatment, in troubles, in persecutions and calamities for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

For it has been granted you in Christ's behalf, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake,

For, alive though I am, I am always given over to death for the sake of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may shine forth in my dying flesh.