23 Bible Verses about Suffering For Christ's Sake

And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.

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

If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us:

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

Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.

For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.

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

For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;