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

"except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that chains and tribulations await me.

"But none of these things move me; nor do I count my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

Women received their dead raised to life again. And others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection.

"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 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.