Luk 14:26-33, Joh 12:25-26, 16:4, Act 9:16, 1Th 3:3-4, 5:9, 2Th 1:4-10 | ESV | STEP | If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters , yes , and even his own life , he cannot be my disciple .

Luke 14:26-33

26 ^a“If anyone comes to me and ^bdoes not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, ^cyes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. 27 ^dWhoever does not ^ebear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. 28 For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not ^ffirst sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? 29 Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, 30 saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish.’ 31 Or what king, going out to encounter another king in war, will not ^gsit down first and deliberate whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 And if not, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. 33 ^hSo therefore, any one of you who ⁱdoes not renounce all that he has cannot be my disciple.

John 12:25-26

25 ^jWhoever loves his life loses it, and ^kwhoever ^lhates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life. 26 If anyone serves me, he must ^mfollow me; and ⁿwhere I am, there will my servant be also. ^oIf anyone serves me, ^pthe Father will honor him.

John 16:4

4 But ^qI have said these things to you, that when ^rtheir hour comes you may remember that I told them to you.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

“I did not say these things to you from the beginning, ^sbecause I was with you.

Acts 9:16

16 For ^tI will show him how much ^uhe must suffer ^vfor the sake of my name.”

1 Thessalonians 3:3-4

3 that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that ^wwe are destined for this. 4 For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, ^xjust as it has come to pass, and just as you know.

1 Thessalonians 5:9

9 For God has not destined us for ^ywrath, but ^zto obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

2 Thessalonians 1:4-10

4 Therefore ^aawe ourselves boast about you ^abin the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith ^acin all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring.

The Judgment at Christ’s Coming

5 This is ^adevidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be ^aeconsidered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering— 6 since indeed God considers it ^afjust ^agto repay with affliction those who afflict you, 7 and to grant ^ahrelief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when ^aithe Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven ^ajwith his mighty angels 8 ^akin flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those ^alwho do not know God and on those who ^amdo not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 9 They will suffer the punishment of ^aneternal destruction, ^aoaway from ^{▼▼Or destruction that comes from} the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might, 10 ^aqwhen he comes on ^arthat day ^asto be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our ^attestimony to you ^auwas believed.