Persecution
Jesus's warning that following him would cost something, and his promise in it.
Matt 5:10-12
Read in full chapter →10Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
See also: James 1:12, James 1:2
11Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
See also: 1 Peter 4:14, Luke 21:17
12Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
See also: Philippians 4:4, Luke 6:23
John 15:18-20
Read in full chapter →18If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.
See also: John 16:33, 1 John 3:13
19If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
See also: Romans 12:2, John 15:16
20Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
See also: 2 Timothy 3:12, Matthew 5:10
2 Tim 3:12
Read in full chapter →12Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.
See also: John 16:33, Matthew 16:24
Rom 8:35-39
Read in full chapter →35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
See also: Romans 8:28, John 10:28
36As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
See also: Psalms 44:22, John 16:33
37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
See also: 1 Corinthians 15:57, 1 John 4:4
38For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,
See also: Ignatius to the Romans 2:14, John 10:28
39Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
See also: John 10:28-30, Romans 8:1