Quotes About Persecution

Because of this, they consider it strange of you not to plunge with them into the same flood of reckless indiscretion, and they heap abuse on you.

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.

I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.

Look at those who belong to the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews but are liars instead. I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and they will know that I love you.

And when the dragon saw that he had been thrown to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.

so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark—the name of the beast or the number of its name.

For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”

I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her.

And there was found in her the blood of prophets and saints, and of all who had been slain on the earth.

Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image, and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.