Act 9:16, 20:19, 23-24, Rom 8:35-37, 1Cor 4:9-11, 2Cor 1:8-10, 4:8-11 | ESV | STEP | For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name .

23 except that ^hthe Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that ⁱimprisonment and ^jafflictions await me. 24 But ^kI do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only ^lI may finish my course and ^mthe ministry ⁿthat I received from the Lord Jesus, ^oto testify to ^pthe gospel of ^qthe grace of God.

Romans 8:35-37

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,

^r“For your sake ^swe 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 ^tconquerors through ^uhim who loved us.

1 Corinthians 4:9-11

9 For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, ^vlike men sentenced to death, because we ^whave become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. 10 ^xWe are fools for Christ’s sake, but ^yyou are wise in Christ. ^zWe are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. 11 To the present hour ^aawe hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and ^abbuffeted and ^achomeless,

2 Corinthians 1:8-10

8 For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church} of ^aethe affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. 9 Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us ^afrely not on ourselves ^agbut on God ^ahwho raises the dead. 10 ^aiHe delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. ^ajOn him we have set our hope that he will deliver us again.

2 Corinthians 4:8-11

8 We are ^akafflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 persecuted, but ^alnot forsaken; ^amstruck down, but not destroyed; 10 ^analways carrying in the body the death of Jesus, ^aoso 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.