Act 8:1, Rom 8:35-39, 1Cor 4:9-13, 2Cor 4:8-12, 17, Phili 1:28, 2Ti 2:12 | ESV | STEP | And Saul approved of his execution . And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem , and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria , except the apostles .

1 And ^aSaul ^bapproved of his execution.

And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and ^cthey were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

Romans 8:35-39

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

^d“For your sake ^ewe are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
37 No, in all these things we are more than ^fconquerors through ^ghim who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

1 Corinthians 4:9-13

9 For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, ^hlike men sentenced to death, because we ⁱhave become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. 10 ^jWe are fools for Christ’s sake, but ^kyou are wise in Christ. ^lWe are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. 11 To the present hour ^mwe hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and ⁿbuffeted and ^ohomeless, 12 and we ^plabor, working with our own hands. ^qWhen reviled, we bless; ^rwhen persecuted, we endure; 13 when slandered, we entreat. ^sWe have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, ^tthe refuse of all things.

2 Corinthians 4:8-12

8 We are ^uafflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 persecuted, but ^vnot forsaken; ^wstruck down, but not destroyed; 10 ^xalways carrying in the body the death of Jesus, ^yso that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. 11 For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. 12 So ^zdeath is at work in us, but life in you.

2 Corinthians 4:17

17 For ^aathis light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,

Philippians 1:28

28 and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is ^aba clear sign to them of their destruction, but ^acof your salvation, and that from God.

2 Timothy 2:12

12 ^adif we endure, we will also reign with him;
^aeif we deny him, he also will deny us;