2 Timothy 3:12

Good News Translation

Everyone who wants to live a godly life in union with Christ Jesus will be persecuted;

Cross References

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you want to come with me, you must forget yourself, carry your cross, and follow me.

Matthew 23:34

And so I tell you that I will send you prophets and wise men and teachers; you will kill some of them, crucify others, and whip others in the synagogues and chase them from town to town.

Mark 10:30

will receive much more in this present age. They will receive a hundred times more houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields—and persecutions as well; and in the age to come they will receive eternal life.

John 16:2

You will be expelled from the synagogues, and the time will come when those who kill you will think that by doing this they are serving God.

John 16:33

I have told you this so that you will have peace by being united to me. The world will make you suffer. But be brave! I have defeated the world!”

John 17:14

I gave them your message, and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

Acts 14:22

They strengthened the believers and encouraged them to remain true to the faith. “We must pass through many troubles to enter the Kingdom of God,” they taught.

1 Corinthians 15:19

If our hope in Christ is good for this life only and no more, then we deserve more pity than anyone else in all the world.

2 Corinthians 1:12

We are proud that our conscience assures us that our lives in this world, and especially our relations with you, have been ruled by God-given frankness and sincerity, by the power of God's grace and not by human wisdom.

2 Corinthians 4:9

there are many enemies, but we are never without a friend; and though badly hurt at times, we are not destroyed.

1 Timothy 2:2

for kings and all others who are in authority, that we may live a quiet and peaceful life with all reverence toward God and with proper conduct.

1 Timothy 3:16

No one can deny how great is the secret of our religion: He appeared in human form, was shown to be right by the Spirit, and was seen by angels. He was preached among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, and was taken up to heaven.

1 Timothy 6:3

Whoever teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the true words of our Lord Jesus Christ and with the teaching of our religion

Titus 1:1

From Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ. I was chosen and sent to help the faith of God's chosen people and to lead them to the truth taught by our religion,

Titus 2:12

That grace instructs us to give up ungodly living and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in this world,

Joshua 17:14

The descendants of Joseph said to Joshua, “Why have you given us only one part of the land to possess as our own? There are very many of us because the Lord has blessed us.”

1 Peter 3:14

But even if you should suffer for doing what is right, how happy you are! Do not be afraid of anyone, and do not worry.

2 Peter 3:11

Since all these things will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people should you be? Your lives should be holy and dedicated to God,

Revelation 12:4

With his tail he dragged a third of the stars out of the sky and threw them down to the earth. He stood in front of the woman, in order to eat her child as soon as it was born.

Revelation 7:14

“I don't know, sir. You do,” I answered. He said to me, “These are the people who have come safely through the terrible persecution. They have washed their robes and made them white with the blood of the Lamb.