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Genesis 21:9
And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne unto Abraham, mocking.
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Galatians 5:11
But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? then hath the stumbling- block of the cross been done away.
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Romans 8:13
for if ye live after the flesh, ye must die; but if by the Spirit ye put to death the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
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Matthew 23:34-37
Therefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar.Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
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John 15:9
Even as the Father hath loved me, I also have loved you: abide ye in my love.
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John 3:5
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except one be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
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1 Thessalonians 2 14-1 Thessalonians 2 15
For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judæa in Christ Jesus: for ye also suffered the same things of your own countrymen, even as they did of the Jews;who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove out us, and please not God, and are contrary to all men;
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Hebrews 10:33-34
partly, being made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, becoming partakers with them that were so used.For ye both had compassion on them that were in bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your possessions, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better possession and an abiding one.
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Galatians 4:23
Howbeit the son by the handmaid is born after the flesh; but the son by the freewoman is born through promise.
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Romans 8:1
There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus.
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Galatians 6:12-14
As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.For not even they who receive circumcision do themselves keep the law; but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.But far be it from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world hath been crucified unto me, and I unto the world.