Mark 8:35

And this I do for the gospel’s sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you.

Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it.

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: