Verse 12

Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

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  • Acts 14:22 : 22 Strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying that we must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.
  • 1 Pet 4:12-16 : 12 Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to test you, as though some strange thing happened to you: 13 But rejoice, since you are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy. 14 If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: on their part he is spoken of as evil, but on your part he is glorified. 15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a meddler in other people's matters. 16 Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.
  • 1 Pet 2:20-21 : 20 For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer for it, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God. 21 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps:
  • 1 Pet 3:14 : 14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. Do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled;
  • Titus 2:12 : 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world;
  • 1 Cor 15:19 : 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most miserable.
  • John 15:19-21 : 19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word I said to you, 'The servant is not greater than his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep yours also. 21 But all these things they will do to you for my name's sake, because they do not know Him who sent me.
  • John 16:2 : 2 They will put you out of the synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
  • John 16:33 : 33 I have spoken these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world, you will have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
  • John 17:14 : 14 I have given them your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
  • 2 Cor 1:12 : 12 For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.
  • 1 Thess 3:3-4 : 3 That no one should be unsettled by these afflictions, for you yourselves know that we are appointed to this. 4 For truly, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we would suffer tribulation, just as it happened, and you know.
  • Josh 17:14 : 14 The children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, "Why have you given us only one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing we are a great people since the LORD has blessed us so far?"
  • Ps 37:12-15 : 12 The wicked plot against the just and gnash at him with their teeth. 13 The Lord shall laugh at him, for he sees that his day is coming. 14 The wicked have drawn the sword and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay those who are of upright conduct. 15 Their sword shall enter their own heart, and their bows shall be broken.
  • Matt 5:10-12 : 10 Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 Blessed are you when men shall revile you and persecute you, and shall say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake. 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
  • Matt 10:22-25 : 22 And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he who endures to the end shall be saved. 23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee to another: for truly I say to you, You shall not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes. 24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be like his master, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call those of his household?
  • Matt 16:24 : 24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
  • Matt 23:34 : 34 Therefore, indeed, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:
  • Mark 10:30 : 30 Who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come, eternal life.
  • Luke 14:26-27 : 26 If any man comes to me and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. 27 And whoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.
  • Heb 11:32-38 : 32 And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets: 33 who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. 35 Women received their dead raised to life again. Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection. 36 Still others had trials of cruel mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment. 37 They were stoned, they were sawn in two, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented— 38 of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.
  • 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
  • 1 Tim 6:3 : 3 If anyone teaches otherwise, and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which accords with godliness;
  • Titus 1:1 : 1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's chosen ones, and the acknowledgment of the truth which is in accordance with godliness;
  • 1 Pet 5:9-9 : 9 Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are experienced by your brethren in the world. 10 But the God of all grace, who has called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
  • 2 Pet 3:11 : 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in all holy conduct and godliness,
  • Rev 1:9-9 : 9 I, John, who am also your brother and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island called Patmos, for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, like a trumpet,
  • Rev 7:14 : 14 And I said to him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are those who came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
  • Rev 12:4 : 4 His tail swept away a third of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born.
  • Rev 12:7-9 : 7 And there was a war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war, 8 but they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven. 9 And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. 10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, who accuses them before our God day and night."
  • 1 Tim 2:2 : 2 For kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty.