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 show him how much it behooves him to suffer for my name.

and if sons, also heirs certainly of God and joint-heirs with Christ, if so be that we suffer with him that we may be also glorified together with him.

(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 steadfast, being certain, 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 often.

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 are 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 due to grace from God.

But also if ye suffer anything for righteousness' sake, blessed are ye; therefore, be not afraid of their terror neither be troubled,

But if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God on this behalf.

But the God of all grace, who has called us unto his eternal glory by Jesus, the Christ, after ye have suffered a little while, he himself perfects, confirms, strengthens, and establishes 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, 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 forsaken houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife 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 prudent 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 slaves for Jesus' sake.

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

Therefore I am content in weaknesses, 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 granted regarding Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake,