Revelation 2:9
2:9 ‘I know the distress you are suffering
and your poverty (but you are rich). I also know
the slander against you
by those who call themselves Jews and really are not, but are a synagogue
of Satan.
Revelation 6:9-11
6:9 Now when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been violently killed because of the word of God and because of the testimony they had given.
6:10 They cried out with a loud voice, “How long, Sovereign Master, holy and true, before you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?”
6:11 Each of them was given a long white robe and they were told to rest for a little longer, until the full number was reached of both their fellow servants and their brothers who were going to be killed just as they had been.
Revelation 15:2
15:2 Then I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had conquered the beast and his image and the number of his name. They were standing by the sea of glass, holding harps given to them by God.
Revelation 17:6
17:6 I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of those who testified to Jesus.
I
was greatly astounded
when I saw her.
John 16:33
16:33 I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering,
but take courage
– I have conquered the world.”
Acts 14:22
14:22 They strengthened
the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue
in the faith, saying, “We must enter the kingdom
of God through many persecutions.”
Romans 5:3
5:3 Not
only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
Romans 5:2
5:2 through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice
in the hope of God’s glory.
Romans 1:4
1:4 who was appointed the Son-of-God-in-power
according to the Holy Spirit
by the resurrection
from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord.