Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
2 Timothy 3:12 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/2ti.3.12.NASB1995
It is not a matter of whether you will be persecuted, but when, if you are living a godly life.
Jesus, who led the perfect godly life, was persecuted. . .
Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also.
John 15:20 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/jhn.15.20.NASB1995
Have you been there? Persecuted? Then rejoice!
For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:17-18 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/2co.4.17.NASB1995
persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.
2 Corinthians 4:9-10 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/2co.4.9.NASB1995
And remember . . .
Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world. After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you.
🌹To Him be dominion forever and ever. Amen.
1 Peter 5:8-11 NASB1995
https://bible.com/bible/100/1pe.5.8.NASB1995
Continually Seeking Him,
Sharon. https://indasharonjesus.org