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2 Timothy 1 8
So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me his prisoner. Rather, join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God.
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1 Timothy 6 20
Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to your care. Turn away from godless chatter and the opposing ideas of what is falsely called knowledge,
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2 Timothy 4 8
Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day— and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.
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1 Peter 4 19
So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should commit themselves to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
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Nahum 1:7
The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in him,
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Jude 1:24
To him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy—
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Matthew 24:36
“ But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
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2 Timothy 1 18
May the Lord grant that he will find mercy from the Lord on that day! You know very well in how many ways he helped me in Ephesus.
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Romans 1:16
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.
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Hebrews 7:25
Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
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1 Peter 1 5
who through faith are shielded by God’s power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
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Isaiah 12:2
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defense; he has become my salvation.”
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Philippians 3:21
who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
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Psalms 25:2
I trust in you; do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me.
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Psalms 9:10
Those who know your name trust in you, for you, Lord, have never forsaken those who seek you.
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Isaiah 54:4
“ Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame. Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated. You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
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1 Corinthians 3 13
their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work.
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2 Timothy 2 9
for which I am suffering even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But God’s word is not chained.
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John 10:28-30
I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.I and the Father are one.”
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John 17:15
My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.
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Philippians 3:10
I want to know Christ— yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death,
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2 Timothy 4 16-2 Timothy 4 17
At my first defense, no one came to my support, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them.But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion’s mouth.
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Matthew 12:21
In his name the nations will put their hope.”
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Psalms 31:5
Into your hands I commit my spirit; deliver me, Lord, my faithful God.
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Philippians 3:8
What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ
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Hebrews 12:2
fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
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Luke 23:46
Jesus called out with a loud voice,“ Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.” When he had said this, he breathed his last.
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Ephesians 1:12-13
in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.And you also were included in Christ when you heard the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation. When you believed, you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit,
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Acts 22:21-24
“ Then the Lord said to me,‘ Go; I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”The crowd listened to Paul until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted,“ Rid the earth of him! He’s not fit to live!”As they were shouting and throwing off their cloaks and flinging dust into the air,the commander ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks. He directed that he be flogged and interrogated in order to find out why the people were shouting at him like this.
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Romans 5:4-5
perseverance, character; and character, hope.And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
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Romans 9:33
As it is written:“ See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.”
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Acts 9:16
I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.”
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Acts 21:27-31
When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,shouting,“ Fellow Israelites, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and our law and this place. And besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”( They had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with Paul and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.)The whole city was aroused, and the people came running from all directions. Seizing Paul, they dragged him from the temple, and immediately the gates were shut.While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman troops that the whole city of Jerusalem was in an uproar.
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Acts 13:50
But the Jewish leaders incited the God- fearing women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region.
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Acts 14:5-6
There was a plot afoot among both Gentiles and Jews, together with their leaders, to mistreat them and stone them.But they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and to the surrounding country,
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1 Peter 1 20-1 Peter 1 21
He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God.
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John 6:39-40
And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”
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Isaiah 50:7
Because the Sovereign Lord helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame.
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Psalms 56:9
Then my enemies will turn back when I call for help. By this I will know that God is for me.
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Acts 21:13
Then Paul answered,“ Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
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1 Peter 4 16
However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.
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Romans 15:12-13
And again, Isaiah says,“ The Root of Jesse will spring up, one who will arise to rule over the nations; in him the Gentiles will hope.”May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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Matthew 7:22
Many will say to me on that day,‘ Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’
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Hebrews 2:18
Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.
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Ephesians 3:1-8
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles—Surely you have heard about the administration of God’s grace that was given to me for you,that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.In reading this, then, you will be able to understand my insight into the mystery of Christ,which was not made known to people in other generations as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to God’s holy apostles and prophets.This mystery is that through the gospel the Gentiles are heirs together with Israel, members together of one body, and sharers together in the promise in Christ Jesus.I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace given me through the working of his power.Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the boundless riches of Christ,
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John 17:11-12
I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one.While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.
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1 Thessalonians 2 16
in their effort to keep us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. In this way they always heap up their sins to the limit. The wrath of God has come upon them at last.
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2 Timothy 3 10-2 Timothy 3 12
You, however, know all about my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance,persecutions, sufferings— what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, the persecutions I endured. Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
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John 6:44
“ No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I will raise them up at the last day.
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Acts 7:59
While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed,“ Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
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Acts 13:46
Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly:“ We had to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
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1 Thessalonians 5 4
But you, brothers and sisters, are not in darkness so that this day should surprise you like a thief.
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Luke 10:12
I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
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Philippians 1:20
I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.
