Whoever seeks to save his life shall lose it, and whoever loses his life shall preserve it.

except that the Holy Spirit in every city is solemnly bearing witness, saying that bonds and tribulations are waiting for me.

But I count myself as nothing; nor do I regard my life as valuable to myself, so that I may complete my course with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to bear solemn testimony to the gospel of the grace of God.

Women received their dead [back] by resurrection. And others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, in order that they might obtain a better resurrection.

Fear none of those things which you are about to suffer. Behold indeed, the devil is about to cast [some] of you into prison, so that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.