23 Bible Verses about Suffering For Christ's Sake

Then they left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name.

For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name."

and if children, then heirs--heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

As it is written, "For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered."

Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.

Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one--I am talking like a madman--with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death.

that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,

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

choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.

As an example of suffering and patience, brothers, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.

But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled,

Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name.

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

"Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.

and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold and will 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 held in honor, but we in disrepute.

For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.

For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake,