2Cor 11:23-26, Phili 1:28-30, 1Th 2:14-15, 2Ti 3:11-12, 1Pe 2:19-20 | ESV | STEP | Are they servants of Christ ? I am a better one—I am talking like a madman — with far greater labors , far more imprisonments , with countless beatings , and often near death .

23 Are they ^aservants of Christ? ^bI am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, ^cfar more imprisonments, ^dwith countless beatings, and ^eoften near death. 24 Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the ^fforty lashes less one. 25 Three times I was ^gbeaten with rods. ^hOnce I was stoned. Three times I ⁱwas shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; 26 on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, ^jdanger from my own people, ^kdanger from Gentiles, ^ldanger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers;

Philippians 1:28-30

28 and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is ^ma clear sign to them of their destruction, but ⁿof your salvation, and that from God. 29 For ^oit has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also ^psuffer for his sake, 30 engaged in the same ^qconflict that ^ryou saw I had and now hear that I still have.

1 Thessalonians 2:14-15

14 For you, brothers, ^sbecame imitators of ^tthe churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For ^uyou suffered the same things from your own countrymen ^vas they did from the Jews, ^{▼▼The Greek word Ioudaioi can refer to Jewish religious leaders and others under their influence, who opposed the Christian faith in that time} 15 ^xwho killed both the Lord Jesus and ^ythe prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and ^zoppose all mankind

2 Timothy 3:11-12

11 my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me ^aaat Antioch, ^abat Iconium, and ^acat Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet ^adfrom them all ^aethe Lord rescued me. 12 Indeed, all who desire to ^aflive a godly life in Christ Jesus ^agwill be persecuted,

1 Peter 2:19-20

19 For this is a gracious thing, when, ^ahmindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. 20 For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But ^aiif when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.