Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so treated.
For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death.
Nevertheless, you have done well to share in my affliction.
Rise up, O God; defend Your cause! Remember how the fool mocks You all day long.
That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties
Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be
It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart. For in my chains and in my defense a
Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel
Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.
I will pelt you with filth and treat you with contempt; I will make a spectacle of you.
how Your enemies have taunted, O LORD, and have mocked every step of Your anointed one!
For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own
He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.
May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he has often refreshed me and was unashamed of my chai
Hear now, O high priest Joshua, you and your companions seated before you, who are indeed a sign. For behold, I am going
I have become a portent to many, but You are my strong refuge.