23 Bible Verses about Suffering For Christ's Sake

Then indeed they departed from the presence of the sanhedrin, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to be shamed for His name.

For I will show him what great things he must suffer for My name's sake.

And if we are children, then we are heirs; heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ; so that if we suffer with Him, we may also be glorified together.

As it is written, "For Your sake we are killed all the day long. We are counted as sheep of slaughter."

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

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as beside myself,) I am more! I have been in labors more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more, in deaths many times.

that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being made conformable to 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,

My brothers, take the prophets who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering ill, and of patience.

For what glory is it if you patiently endure while sinning and being buffeted? But if you suffer while doing good, and patiently endure, this is a grace from God.

But if you also suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. And do not fear their fear, nor be troubled,

But if one suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God because of this.

But the God of all grace, He calling us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, He will perfect, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

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

And you will be hated of all men for My name's sake, but the one who endures to the end shall be kept safe.

He who finds his life shall lose it. And he who loses his life for My sake shall find it.

And everyone who left 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 do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.

For we who live are always being delivered to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus might also be revealed in our body.

Therefore I am pleased in weaknesses, in insults, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am powerful.

For to you it is given on behalf of Christ not only to believe on Him, but also to suffer for His sake,