23 Bible Verses about Suffering For Christ's Sake

Then, they went from the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they were thought worthy to suffer shame for his name's sake.

For I will show him what great things he must suffer for my name.

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

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

because we know, that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so also you shall be partakers of the comfort.

Are they ministers of Christ? (I say it foolishly,) I am above them. In labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths often.

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, by conforming myself to his death,

if we are patient, we shall also reign with him; if we deny him, he will also deny us;

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

Take, my brethren, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of suffering evil, and of patience.

For what praise is due, if, when you are punished for your faults, you endure it patiently? But if, when you do well, and suffer for it, you endure it patiently, this is praiseworthy in the- sight of God.

But yet, if you even suffer for righteousness, happy are you. Yet fear not their terror, nor be troubled:

But if any one suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God on this account.

But may the God of all grace, who has called us to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, confirm you.

Blessed are you, when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say every evil thing against you, falsely, on my account.

And you will be hated by all men on my account: but he that endures to the end shall be saved.

He that finds his life shall lose it; and he that loses his life for my sake, shall find it.

And every one that has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundred fold, and shall inherit eternal life. But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.

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

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

For we who live are continually delivered up to death for Jesus sake, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our mortal flesh.

For this reason, I take pleasure in infirmities, in outrages, in necessities, in persecutions, in straits, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.

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