7 Bible Verses about Persecution Predicted

Be on your guard against men, for they will turn you over to the courts and will flog you in their synagogues,

At that time they will turn you over to torture, and will murder you, and you will be hated by all the heathen, because you bear my name.

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.

Remember what I once told you: No slave is greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you too. If they have observed my teaching, they will observe yours too.

Men will turn you out of their synagogues. Yes, indeed, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think that he is rendering a religious service to God.

Yes, indeed, everyone who wants to live a godly life as a follower of Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

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.