23 Bible Verses about Suffering For Christ's Sake

They went therefore from the presence of the Sanhedrim, rejoicing that they were accounted worthy to suffer shame for the name of [Christ];

for I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name.

And if children, [we are] also heirs, heirs indeed of God and co-heirs with Christ, if we suffer with him that we may also be glorified with him.

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

knowing that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so you are also of the comfort.

Are they ministers of Christ? I speak foolishly, I am more; in labors most abundant, in stripes above measure, in imprisonments most abundant, in deaths often;

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the participation of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,

if we endure patiently we shall reign together; if we deny him he will deny us;

choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to have an enjoyment of sin for a time,

You have the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord, my brothers, as an example of patience and long-suffering.

For what glory is it if when you sin and are punished you bear it patiently? But if you do well and suffer and bear it patiently, [this deserves thanks], for it is acceptable to God.

But even if you suffer on account of righteousness, you are blessed. But fear not with their fear, neither be troubled;

but as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, let him glorify God on this account.

And may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, when you have suffered a little while, himself make you perfect, confirm, strengthen, establish you.

Blessed are you when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say every evil against you, falsely, for my sake.

and you shall be hated by all men for my 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 whoever has left brothers or sisters, or a father or mother, or children, or lands or houses, for my name's sake, shall receive many times as much, and inherit eternal life.

For we are foolish for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; and you are glorious, but we are infamous.

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

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

Most gladly, therefore, will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Wherefore I am well pleased with infirmities, with injuries, with necessities, with persecutions, with distresses for Christ; for when I am weak, then am I strong.

because it was given to you in behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him but also to suffer for him,