23 Bible Verses about Suffering For Christ's Sake

Then they departed from the face of the sanhedrim, rejoicing indeed, because they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of his name.

for I will show him how many things it behooves him to suffer for my name's sake.

And if children, indeed heirs; truly heirs of God, and joint heirs with Christ; if we suffer together, in order that we may also be glorified together.

As has been written, that We are killed all day for thy sake; we are counted as sheep of the slaughter.

And our hope is stedfast in your behalf; knowing that, as you are the partakers of the sufferings, so you are also of the consolation.

Are they the ministers of Christ? (I speak as a mad man,) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in stripes more abundantly, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often;

to know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

if we endure, we will truly reign with him: if we shall deny him, he will also deny us:

choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasure of sin for a season;

Brethren, receive the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord as an example of suffering evil and longsuffering.

For what glory is there, if, committing sin and being buffeted, you endure it? But if, doing good and suffering you endure it, this is grace with God.

But if indeed you suffer for righteousness' sake, you are happy. Fear not their fear, neither be troubled;

but if as a Christian, be not ashamed, but glorify God in this name.

But the God of all grace, the one having called you into his own eternal glory in Christ, will himself make you perfect, having suffered a little while, will establish you, will strengthen you, will settle you.

Blessed are ye when they may despise you, and shall persecute you, and may say all evil against you, falsifying, for my sake.

And you will be hated by all on account of my name: but he that persevereth unto the end, the same shall be saved.

The one having found his soul shall lose it; and the one losing his soul for my sake shall find it.

And every one who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, on account of my name, shall receive a hundred-fold, and inherit eternal life.

We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are glorious, but we are dishonorable.

For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.

For we while living are always being delivered up to death for the sake of Jesus, in order that the life of Jesus may be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

Therefore I delight in infirmities, in insults, in difficulties, in persecutions, and in tight places, for Christ's sake: for when I am without strength, then I am dynamite.

because the blessing is conferred on you in behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but indeed to suffer for him: