2 Corinthians 12:10
12:10 Therefore I am content with
weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties
for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:15
12:15 Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives!
If I love you more, am I to be loved less?
Matthew 5:11-12
5:11 “Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me.
5:12 Rejoice and be glad because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.