◄ If anyone desires to come after Me,let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. ►

By honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report. § All who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. § The offense of the cross.

If I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.

If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you … But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as a busybody in other people’s matters. Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter.

To you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake. § If One died for all, then all died; and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again. § If we endure, we shall also reign with Him.

Luke 9:23;  2 Cor. 6:8;  2 Tim. 3:12;  Gal. 5:11;  Gal. 1:10;  1 Peter 4:14;  1 Peter 4:15  1 Peter 4:16;  Phil. 1:29;  2 Cor. 5:14,15;  2 Tim. 2:12