PERSECUTION
Explore Bible verses that teach how to endure persecution and suffering for Christ. Find strength in God’s promises during times of opposition and hardship.
ACTS 22:22
And they gave him audience unto this word, and [then] lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a [fellow] from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
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MATTHEW 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [thou] that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under [her] wings, and ye would not!
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MATTHEW 10:22
And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
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REJOICING IN SUFFERING
Learn how to rejoice in suffering through Bible verses that encourage perseverance, hope, and trust in God’s good purpose even in the most challenging times.
MATTHEW 10:22
And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
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ACTS 16:25
# And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
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ROMANS 8:18-19
Romans 8:18: For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time [are] not worthy [to be compared] with the glory which shall be revealed in us.
Romans 8:19: For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
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TAKING UP YOUR CROSS
Explore Bible verses that speak about the call to take up your cross. Learn what it means to live a sacrificial life in obedience to Christ.
MARK 10:21
Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
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JOHN 19:17
And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called [the place] of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha:
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2 TIMOTHY 4:7-8
2 Timothy 4:7: I have fought a good fight, I have finished [my] course, I have kept the faith:
2 Timothy 4:8: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
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ENDURING REJECTION
Discover Bible verses that teach how to endure rejection and find comfort in God’s love and approval. Learn how to handle rejection with grace.
MATTHEW 10:24-25
Matthew 10:24: The disciple is not above [his] master, nor the servant above his lord.
Matthew 10:25: It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more [shall they call] them of his household?
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LUKE 22:28-30
Luke 22:28: Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations.
Luke 22:29: And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;
Luke 22:30: That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
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LUKE 12:4-5
Luke 12:4: And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
Luke 12:5: But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
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SHARING IN CHRISTS SUFFERINGS
Learn about the privilege of sharing in Christ’s sufferings. Explore Bible verses that encourage us to rejoice in the fellowship of His sufferings and grow closer to Him.
1 CORINTHIANS 12:12-13
1 Corinthians 12:12: For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also [is] Christ.
1 Corinthians 12:13: For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether [we be] Jews or Gentiles, whether [we be] bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
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LUKE 14:27
And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
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1 PETER 1:6-7
1 Peter 1:6: Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
1 Peter 1:7: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
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