ach. 15:32, 41; [ch. 18:23; 1 Thess. 3:2, 13]
bch. 13:43; Col. 1:23
cSee ch. 6:7
dJohn 15:20; 16:33; 1 Thess. 3:3; 2 Tim. 3:12; [ch. 9:16; Mark 10:30; Luke 22:28, 29; Rom. 8:17; Phil. 1:20; 2 Thess. 1:5; 2 Tim. 2:12; 1 Pet. 5:10; Rev. 1:9]
e[ch. 21:4, 11]; See ch. 8:29; 9:16
fch. 21:33
gch. 14:22; 1 Thess. 3:3
h[1 Sam. 15:27, 28; 1 Kgs. 11:30; Isa. 20:3; Jer. 13:1-11; 27:2]
iSee ch. 20:23
j[ver. 33]; See ch. 9:16
l[ver. 31-33; Matt. 20:19]
m[See ver. 12 above]
nch. 20:24; Rom. 8:36; 2 Cor. 4:16; 12:10; Phil. 2:17; [ch. 15:26]
oSee ch. 5:41
pCited from Ps. 44:22
q1 Cor. 4:9; 15:30, 31; 2 Cor. 4:10, 11; See Acts 20:24
r1 Cor. 15:57; See John 16:33
sGal. 2:20; Eph. 5:2; Rev. 1:5; 3:9
tSee Rom. 8:36
uHeb. 10:33 (Gk.); [Isa. 20:3]
vActs 13:14, 45, 50
wActs 14:1, 2, 5
xActs 14:6, 19
yPs. 34:19
zch. 4:17; [2 Cor. 1:10]
aaTitus 2:12
abSee Acts 14:22

Acts 14:22

22 astrengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them bto continue in cthe faith, and saying that dthrough many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.

Acts 20:23

23except that ethe Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that fimprisonment and gafflictions await me.

Acts 21:11

11And coming to us, he htook Paul’s belt and bound his own feet and hands and said, i“Thus says the Holy Spirit, j‘This is how the Jews ▼
▼Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time
 at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and ldeliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’”

Acts 21:13

13Then Paul answered, m“What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For nI am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem ofor the name of the Lord Jesus.”

Romans 8:35-37

35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36As it is written,

p“For your sake qwe are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
 37No, in all these things we are more than rconquerors through shim who loved us.

1 Corinthians 4:9

9For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, tlike men sentenced to death, because we uhave become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.

2 Timothy 3:11-12

11my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me vat Antioch, wat Iconium, and xat Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet yfrom them all zthe Lord rescued me. 12Indeed, all who desire to aalive a godly life in Christ Jesus abwill be persecuted,
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