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 what 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, so that we may be also glorified together.

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

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

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labors more abundant, in stripes beyond 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 time;

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 you be buffeted for your faults, you shall take it patiently? but if, when you do well, and suffer for it, you take it patiently, this is commendable with God.

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

Yet if any man 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 Christ Jesus, after that you have suffered a while, restore, establish, strengthen, settle you.

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

And you shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: 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 everyone 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 everlasting life.

We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honorable, 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 always 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 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 given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;