Revelation 2:10
2:10 Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. The devil is about to have some of you thrown
into prison so you may be tested,
and you will experience suffering
for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself.
Revelation 2:13
2:13 ‘I know
where you live – where Satan’s throne is. Yet
you continue to cling
to my name and you have not denied your
faith in me,
even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness,
who was killed in your city
where Satan lives.
Revelation 20:4
20:4 Then I saw thrones and seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. These had not worshiped the beast or his image and had refused to receive his mark on their forehead or hand. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
Luke 14:26
14:26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate
his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life,
he cannot be my disciple.
Acts 20:24
20:24 But I do not consider my life
worth anything
to myself, so that
I may finish my task
and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news
of God’s grace.
Acts 21:13
21:13 Then Paul replied, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking
my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up,
but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
Hebrews 11:35-38
11:35 and women received back their dead raised to life.
But others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain resurrection to a better life.
11:36 And others experienced mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
11:37 They were stoned, sawed apart,
murdered with the sword; they went about in sheepskins and goatskins; they were destitute, afflicted, ill-treated
11:38 (the world was not worthy of them); they wandered in deserts and mountains and caves and openings in the earth.