45 Bible Verses about Suffering, Of Believers

And ye will be hated by all, for My name's sake; but he who endures to the end, the same shall be saved.

And ye will be hated by all for My name's sake; but he that endures to the end, the same shall be saved.

But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to high-councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you;

Therefore, behold, I send to you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some ye will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;

Then will they deliver you up to tribulation, and will slay you; and ye will be hated by all the nations for My name's sake.

But ye will be delivered up even by parents, and brothers, and kindred, and friends; and they will put some of you to death. And ye will be hated by all for My name's sake.

confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to abide in the faith, and that through many tribulations we must enter into the Kingdom of God.

Yea, and all who wish to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

but to you it was granted as a favor in behalf of Christ, not only to believe on Him, but in His behalf to suffer also;

Marvel not, brethren, if the world hates you.

Fear not the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the Devil is about to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

As it has been written, "For Thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter."

choosing rather to suffer evil with the people of God, than to have an enjoyment of sin for a season; regarding the reproach of the Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking away to the recompense.

And they laid hands on them, and put them in custody till the next day; for it was now evening.

And to him they assented; and calling the apostles to them, beating them, they charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go,

preaching boldly in the name of the Lord; and he was speaking and disputing with the Helenists; but they were attempting to kill him;

Now about that time Herod the king put forth his bands to harm some of the assembly. And he slew James, the brother of John, with the sword; and, seeing that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. And then were the days of unleavened bread.

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as beside myself) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths often; from the Jews five times I received forty stripes save one; thrice I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; thrice I suffered shipwreck; a night and a day I have spent in the deep;read more.
in journeyings often, in perils of rivers, in perils of robbers, in perils from my countrymen, in perils from the gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; in toil and hardship, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Apart from those things without, that which is a pressure upon me daily, anxiety for all the assemblies. Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I burn not?

Did ye suffer so many things in vain? if, indeed, it be even in vain.

but, having suffered before, and having been shamefully treated, as ye know, in Philippi, we grew bold in our God to speak to you the Gospel of God in much conflict.

at which they are surprised, since ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you;

But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were enlightened, ye endured a great conflict of sufferings; partly, indeed, when ye were made a spectacle both with reproaches and tribulations; and partly, when ye became partakers with those who were so used; for ye both sympathized with those in bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your possessions; knowing that ye yourselves have a better possession and an abiding one.

"Happy are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake; because theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. "Happy are ye, when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for My sake. Rejoice, and exult; because great is your reward in Heaven, for so persecuted they the prophets who were before you.

And He, lifting up His eyes on His disciples, said, "Happy, ye poor; because yours is the Kingdom of God. "Happy, ye who are hungering now; because ye will be filled. "Happy, ye who are weeping now; because ye shall laugh. "Happy are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from themselves, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man.read more.
"Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy; for, behold, your reward is great in Heaven; for, after the same manner, were their fathers wont to do to the prophets.

They, therefore, were going from the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they were accounted worthy to suffer dishonor in behalf of The Name.

Be not ashamed, therefore, of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner; but suffer hardship with me for the Gospel, according to the power of God,

For this is acceptable, if, for conscience toward God, one endures griefs, suffering wrongfully.

For it is better, if the will of God should will it, that ye suffer for well-doing, than for evil-doing;

Beloved, be not surprised at the fiery-test taking place among you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened to you; but, in so far as ye share in Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of His glory also ye may rejoice with exceeding joy. If ye are reproached in Christ's name, happy are ye, because the Spirit of glory and that of God rests upon you.read more.
For let no one of you suffer as a murderer, or a thief, or an evildoer, or as a meddler in other men's matters; but, if one suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this name.

For chastening endure ye: God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father chastens not?

If ye were of the world, the world would love its own; but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, on this account the world hates you.

I have given them Thy word, and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

and, if children, heirs also; heirs, indeed, of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if, indeed, we suffer with Him, that we may be also glorified with Him.

Henceforth let no one occasion trouble to me; for I am bearing in my body the brand-marks of Jesus.

so that we ourselves glory in you in the assemblies of God, for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations which ye endure; a proof of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that ye may be accounted worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer;

All chastening, indeed, for the present seems not to be joyous, but grievous; but afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained thereby.

Every branch in Me that bears not fruit, He taketh it away: and every one that bears fruit, He cleanseth it, that it may bear more fruit.

in which ye exult, though now, for a little while, if necessary, made sorrowful in manifold temptations; that the proving of your faith??eing much more precious than gold that perishes, but is proved through fire??ay be found unto praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings in your behalf, and fill up in turn the deficiencies of the tribulations of Christ in my flesh for the sake of His body, which is the assembly;

for I will show him how many things he must suffer for My name's sake.

except that the Holy Spirit testifieth to me in every city, saying that bonds and tribulations await me. But I make not my soul of any value as dear to myself, so that I may accomplish my course, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify the Gospel of the grace of God.

For, I think, God did set forth us the apostles last, as doomed to death; because we became a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are highly esteemed; but we are without honor. Even until this present hour, we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling place;read more.
and we toil, laboring with our own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; being defamed, we entreat; we were made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, until now.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all consolation; Who consoleth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to console those who are in any tribulation, through the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God. Because, as the sufferings of Christ abound toward us, so through Christ our consolation also abounds.

my little children, for whom I am in travail again, until Christ be formed in you!