Matthew 10:18

10:18 And you will be brought before governors and kings ¹  because of me, as a witness to them and the Gentiles.

Matthew 10:22

10:22 And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Matthew 10:39

10:39 Whoever finds his life ²  will lose it, ³  and whoever loses his life because of me ⁴  will find it.

Matthew 19:29

19:29 And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much ⁵  and will inherit eternal life.

Matthew 24:9

Persecution of Disciples

24:9 “Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations ⁶  because of my name. ⁷ 

Psalms 44:22

44:22 Yet because of you ⁸  we are killed all day long;

we are treated like ⁹  sheep at the slaughtering block. ¹⁰ 

Mark 4:17

4:17 But ¹¹  they have no root in themselves and do not endure. ¹²  Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away.

Mark 8:35

8:35 For whoever wants to save his life ¹³  will lose it, ¹⁴  but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it.

Mark 13:9

Persecution of Disciples

13:9 “You must watch out for yourselves. You will be handed over ¹⁵  to councils ¹⁶  and beaten in the synagogues. ¹⁷  You will stand before governors and kings ¹⁸  because of me, as a witness to them.

Mark 13:13

13:13 You will be hated by everyone because of my name. ¹⁹  But the one who endures to the end will be saved. ²⁰ 

Luke 6:22

6:22 “Blessed are you when people ²¹  hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil ²²  on account of the Son of Man!

Luke 9:24

9:24 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, ²³  but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.

Luke 21:12

21:12 But before all this, ²⁴  they will seize ²⁵  you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues ²⁶  and prisons. You ²⁷  will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.

Luke 21:17

21:17 You will be hated by everyone because of my name. ²⁸ 

John 15:21

15:21 But they will do all these things to you on account of ²⁹  my name, because they do not know the one who sent me. ³⁰ 

Acts 9:16

9:16 For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name.” ³¹ 

Romans 8:36

8:36 As it is written, “For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” ³² 

Romans 8:1

The Believer’s Relationship to the Holy Spirit

8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. ³³ 

Colossians 4:10

4:10 Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, sends you greetings, as does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions; if he comes to you, welcome him).

Colossians 4:2

Exhortation to Pray for the Success of Paul’s Mission

4:2 Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving.

Colossians 4:11

4:11 And Jesus who is called Justus also sends greetings. In terms of Jewish converts, ³⁴  these are the only fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.

Revelation 2:3

2:3 I am also aware ³⁵  that you have persisted steadfastly, ³⁶  endured much for the sake of my name, and have not grown weary.

[10:18]  ¹ sn These statements look at persecution both from a Jewish context as the mention of courts and synagogues suggests, and from a Gentile one as the reference to governors and kings suggests. Some fulfillment of Jewish persecution can be seen in Acts.

[10:39]  ² tn Grk “his soul,” but ψυχή (yuch) is frequently used of one’s physical life. It clearly has that meaning in this context.

[10:39]  ³ sn If there is no willingness to suffer the world’s rejection at this point, then one will not respond to Jesus (which is trying to find life) and then will be subject to this judgment (which is losing it).

[10:39]  ⁴ tn Or “for my sake.” The traditional rendering “for my sake” can be understood in the sense of “for my benefit,” but the Greek term ἕνεκα indicates the cause or reason for something (BDAG 334 s.v. 1).

[19:29]  ⁵ sn Jesus reassures his disciples with a promise that (1) much benefit in this life (a hundred times as much) and (2) eternal life will be given.

[24:9]  ⁶ tn Or “all the Gentiles” (the same Greek word may be translated “nations” or “Gentiles”).

[24:9]  ⁷ sn See Matt 5:10-12; 1 Cor 1:25-31.

[44:22]  ⁸ tn The statement “because of you” (1) may simply indicate that God is the cause of the Israelites’ defeat (see vv. 9-14, where the nation’s situation is attributed directly to God’s activity, and cf. NEB, NRSV), or (2) it may suggest they suffer because of their allegiance to God (see Ps 69:7 and Jer 15:15). In this case one should translate, “for your sake” (cf. NASB, NIV). The citation of this verse in Rom 8:36 follows the LXX (Ps 43:23 LXX), where the Greek term ἕνεκεν (Jeneken; LXX ἕνεκα) may likewise mean “because of” or “for the sake of” (BDAG 334 s.v. ἕνεκα 1).

[44:22]  ⁹ tn Or “regarded as.”

[44:22]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “like sheep of slaughtering,” that is, sheep destined for slaughter.

[4:17]  ¹¹ tn Grk “And.” Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

[4:17]  ¹² tn Grk “are temporary.”

[8:35]  ¹³ tn Or “soul” (throughout vv. 35-37).

[8:35]  ¹⁴ sn The point of the saying whoever wants to save his life will lose it is that if one comes to Jesus then rejection by many will certainly follow. If self-protection is a key motivation, then one will not respond to Jesus and will not be saved. One who is willing to risk rejection will respond and find true life.

[13:9]  ¹⁵ tn Grk “They will hand you over.” “They” is an indefinite plural, referring to people in general. The parallel in Matt 10:17 makes this explicit.

[13:9]  ¹⁶ sn Councils in this context refers to local judicial bodies attached to the Jewish synagogue. This group would be responsible for meting out justice and discipline within the Jewish community.

[13:9]  ¹⁷ sn See the note on synagogue in 1:21.

[13:9]  ¹⁸ sn These statements look at persecution both from a Jewish context as the mention of councils and synagogues suggests, and from a Gentile one as the reference to governors and kings suggests. Some fulfillment of Jewish persecution can be seen in Acts.

[13:13]  ¹⁹ sn See 1 Cor 1:25-31.

[13:13]  ²⁰ sn But the one who endures to the end will be saved. Jesus was not claiming here that salvation is by works, because he had already taught that it is by grace (cf. 10:15). He was simply arguing that genuine faith evidences itself in persistence through even the worst of trials.

[6:22]  ²¹ tn This is a generic use of ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo"), referring to both males and females.

[6:22]  ²² tn Or “disdain you”; Grk “cast out your name as evil.” The word “name” is used here as a figure of speech to refer to the person as a whole.

[9:24]  ²³ sn The point of the saying whoever wants to save his life will lose it is that if one comes to Jesus then rejection by many will certainly follow. If self-protection is a key motivation, then one will not respond to Jesus and will not be saved. One who is willing to risk rejection will respond and find true life.

[21:12]  ²⁴ sn But before all this. Another note of timing is present, this one especially important in understanding the sequence in the discourse. Before the things noted in vv. 8-11 are the events of vv. 12-19.

[21:12]  ²⁵ tn Grk “will lay their hands on you.”

[21:12]  ²⁶ sn Some of the persecution is of Jewish origin (the synagogues). Some fulfillment of this can be seen in Acts. See the note on synagogues in 4:15.

[21:12]  ²⁷ tn Because of the length and complexity of the Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation.

[21:17]  ²⁸ sn See Luke 6:22, 27; 1 Cor 1:25-31.

[15:21]  ²⁹ tn Or “because of.”

[15:21]  ³⁰ tn Jesus is referring to God as “the one who sent me.”

[9:16]  ³¹ tn Or “because of my name.” BDAG 1031 s.v. ὑπέρ 2 lists Acts 9:16 as an example of ὑπέρ (Juper) used to indicate “the moving cause or reason, because of, for the sake of, for.”

[8:36]  ³² sn A quotation from Ps 44:22.

[8:1]  ³³ tc The earliest and best witnesses of the Alexandrian and Western texts, as well as a few others (א* B D* F G 6 1506 1739 1881 pc co), have no additional words for v. 1. Later scribes (A D¹ Ψ 81 365 629 pc vg) added the words μὴ κατὰ σάρκα περιπατοῦσιν (mh kata sarka peripatousin, “who do not walk according to the flesh”), while even later ones (א² D² 33^vid Ï) added ἀλλὰ κατὰ πνεῦμα (alla kata pneuma, “but [who do walk] according to the Spirit”). Both the external evidence and the internal evidence are compelling for the shortest reading. The scribes were evidently motivated to add such qualifications (interpolated from v. 4) to insulate Paul’s gospel from charges that it was characterized too much by grace. The KJV follows the longest reading found in Ï.

[4:11]  ³⁴ tn Grk “those of the circumcision.” The verse as a whole is difficult to translate because it is unclear whether Paul is saying (1) that the only people working with him are Jewish converts at the time the letter is being written or previously, or (2) that Aristarchus, Mark, and Jesus Justus were the only Jewish Christians who ever worked with him. Verses 12-14 appear to indicate that Luke and Demas, who were Gentiles, were also working currently with Paul. This is the view adopted in the translation. See M. J. Harris, Colossians and Philemon (EGGNT), 207-8.

[2:3]  ³⁵ tn Because of the length and complexity of this Greek sentence, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the phrase “I am also aware” to link this English sentence back to “I know” at the beginning of v. 2.

[2:3]  ³⁶ tn The Greek word translated “persisted steadfastly” (ὑπομονή, Jupomonh) is the same one translated “steadfast endurance” in v. 2.