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Acts 14:22
strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith.“ We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said. (niv)
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Acts 9:16
I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.” (niv)
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John 16:33
“ I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (niv)
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Acts 21:13
Then Paul answered,“ Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” (niv)
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1 Corinthians 15 58
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. (niv)
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Matthew 10:16-18
“ I am sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils and be flogged in the synagogues.On my account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. (niv)
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Acts 2:25
David said about him:“‘ I saw the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. (niv)
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John 16:2
They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God. (niv)
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Romans 5:3
Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; (niv)
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Luke 21:12
“ But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. They will hand you over to synagogues and put you in prison, and you will be brought before kings and governors, and all on account of my name. (niv)
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Matthew 24:9-10
“ Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.At that time many will turn away from the faith and will betray and hate each other, (niv)
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John 15:19-21
If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.Remember what I told you:‘ A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.They will treat you this way because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me. (niv)
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Psalms 112:6
Surely the righteous will never be shaken; they will be remembered forever. (niv)
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Ephesians 3:13
I ask you, therefore, not to be discouraged because of my sufferings for you, which are your glory. (niv)
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1 Peter 4 12-1 Peter 4 14
Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. (niv)
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1 Thessalonians 5 9
For God did not appoint us to suffer wrath but to receive salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. (niv)
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1 Peter 2 21
To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. (niv)
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Colossians 1:23
if you continue in your faith, established and firm, and do not move from the hope held out in the gospel. This is the gospel that you heard and that has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, and of which I, Paul, have become a servant. (niv)
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2 Timothy 1 8
So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God. (niv)
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Acts 20:23-24
I only know that in every city the Holy Spirit warns me that prison and hardships are facing me.However, I consider my life worth nothing to me; my only aim is to finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me— the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace. (niv)
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2 Thessalonians 1 4
Therefore, among God’s churches we boast about your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring. (niv)
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1 Corinthians 4 9
For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like those condemned to die in the arena. We have been made a spectacle to the whole universe, to angels as well as to human beings. (niv)
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Revelation 2:13
I know where you live— where Satan has his throne. Yet you remain true to my name. You did not renounce your faith in me, not even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was put to death in your city— where Satan lives. (niv)
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Philippians 1:28
without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a sign to them that they will be destroyed, but that you will be saved— and that by God. (niv)
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Romans 8:35-37
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?As it is written:“ For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. (niv)
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2 Timothy 3 11-2 Timothy 3 12
persecutions, sufferings— what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, (niv)
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Acts 21:11
Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, tied his own hands and feet with it and said,“ The Holy Spirit says,‘ In this way the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and will hand him over to the Gentiles.’” (niv)
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Revelation 2:10
Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown. (niv)