23 Bible Verses about Suffering For Christ's Sake

Then they left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name.

for I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name."

and if children, then heirsheirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him, in order that we may also be glorified with him.

As it is written: "For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered."

And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.

Are they servants of Christ? I am a better oneI am talking like a madmanin far more labors, in far more imprisonments, with more beatings, and often in danger of death.

that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming like him in his death;

if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us;

choosing rather to share ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.

As an example, brethren, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

For what credit is it, if when you do wrong and are beaten for it you patiently endure? But if when you do right and suffer for it you patiently endure, you have favor with God.

But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. Do not fear their intimidation, and do not be troubled,

yet if one suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but under that name let him glorify God.

And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, establish, and strengthen you.

Blessed are you when they revile you and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for my sake.

And you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved.

He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will find it.

And every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.

We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are distinguished, but we are without honor.

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

For we who live are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

That is why, for Christ's sake, I am content in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties; for when I am weak, then I am strong.

For to you it has been granted for the sake of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for his sake,