John 16:33
33 I have said these things to you, that hin me you may have peace. iIn the world you will have jtribulation. But ktake heart; lI have overcome the world.”
1 Corinthians 4:12
12 and we elabor, working with our own hands. fWhen reviled, we bless; gwhen persecuted, we endure;
2 Corinthians 4:9
9 persecuted, but snot forsaken; tstruck down, but not destroyed;
1 Thessalonians 2:15
15 rwho killed both the Lord Jesus and sthe prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and toppose all mankind
2 Timothy 3:12
12 Indeed, all who desire to vlive a godly life in Christ Jesus wwill be persecuted,