Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.

Blessed are they who have been persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.

Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in Heaven, for in this manner they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude you, and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, on account of the Son of Man.

Rejoice in that day and leap for joy. For behold, your reward is great in Heaven, for in the same way their fathers did to the prophets.

So they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name.

and if children, then heirs; heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together.

For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed unto us.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall affliction, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Yet in all these things we more than conquer through Him who loves us.

And He said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness. Therefore most gladly I will rather exult in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell upon me.

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,

Yes, and if I am being poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.

I now rejoice in my sufferings on your behalf, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, on behalf of His body, which is the church,

for you had compassion on me in my bonds, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your goods, knowing, yourselves, that you have a better and an enduring possession in Heaven.

but rejoice in so far as you partake of Christ's sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also rejoice with exceeding joy.

But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as a meddler in other people's matters.

Still others had trial of mockings and floggings, yes, and of bonds and imprisonment.

of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials,

whom having not seen you love. Though now you do not see Him yet, believing, you rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory,

then the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations and to reserve the unjust for the day of judgment, to be punished,

Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have affliction ten days. Be faithful unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.