23 Bible Verses about Suffering For Christ's Sake

They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the Name.

for I will show him how many 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 with him .

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

and our hope for you is stedfast; knowing that, as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so also are ye of the comfort.

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I more; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths oft.

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed unto his death;

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

choosing rather to share ill treatment with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;

Take, brethren, for an example of suffering and of patience, the prophets who spake in the name of the Lord.

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

But even if ye should suffer for righteousness'sake, blessed are ye: and fear not their fear, neither be troubled;

but if a man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this name.

And the God of all grace, who called you unto his eternal glory in Christ, after that ye have suffered a little while, shall himself perfect, establish, strengthen you.

Blessed are ye when men'shall reproach you, and persecute you, and 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, the same 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 left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life.

We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory, but we have dishonor.

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

For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus'sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

because to you it hath been granted in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer in his behalf: