Bible Verses About Nero And Christian Persecution

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

Direct Bible passage that godly living brings persecution.

So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:

Direct Bible passage on persecution and endurance.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Direct Bible passage on suffering and separation.

Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.

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And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.

Bible passage on church persecution and scattering

And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.

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All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's household.

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And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.

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For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.

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Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.

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And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

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And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.

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And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

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Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go.

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For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it:

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Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

Bible passage on tribulation and hatred for Christ's name

Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.

Bible passage on endured persecutions

But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people.

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As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.

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For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes:

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Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

Bible passage on suffering as a Christian

Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.

Bible passage commanding blessing toward persecutors

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Bible passage on blessing under persecution

And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.

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Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless.

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