Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to yo
How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you e
strengthening the souls of the disciples and encouraging them to continue in the faith. “We must endure many hardships t
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow
They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a
Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the
If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world,
will fail to receive a hundredfold in the present age—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and field
The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage;
It instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright, and godly lives in the pres
You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in
For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relatio
so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.
If anyone teaches another doctrine and disagrees with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with godly teaching,
Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that
for kings and all those in authority—so that we may lead tranquil and quiet lives in all godliness and dignity.
I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island o
Then the sons of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one portion as an inheritance? We have many people,
Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others
“If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even
And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the pro
If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men.
I have given them Your word and the world has hated them. For they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was see
“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have
Then a war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought b
His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, hurling them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who w