aHeb. 11:26; 1 Pet. 4:14
bJohn 15:21
cActs 5:41; Rom. 5:3; 2 Cor. 12:10; Col. 1:11, 24; Heb. 10:34; James 1:2; 1 Pet. 4:13
dSee ch. 21:35
eSee Mark 13:9, 11; Luke 12:11, 12
fSee ch. 23:34
gch. 24:9; John 15:18-21
hch. 24:13; Mark 13:13; [Dan. 12:12, 13; James 5:11; Rev. 2:10]; See Heb. 3:6
i[ch. 5:15]; See Matt. 5:11, 12
jRom. 5:3
k[ch. 13:4]
lSee Matt. 5:12
m[See ver. 28 above]
nSee Matt. 5:12
p1 Pet. 1:6

Matthew 5:11-12

11 a“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely bon my account. 12 cRejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for dso they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Matthew 10:17

17Beware of men, for ethey will deliver you over to courts and flog you fin their synagogues,

Matthew 10:22

22 gand you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. hBut the one who endures to the end will be saved.

2 Corinthians 12:10

10 iFor the sake of Christ, then, jI am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For kwhen I am weak, then I am strong.

Philippians 1:29

29For lit has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also msuffer for his sake,

James 1:2

Testing of Your Faith

2 nCount it all joy, my 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; also verses 16, 19
 when you meet trials pof various kinds,
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