"Then you will be arrested and handed over to be punished and be put to death. Everyone will hate you because of me.

Listen to what the LORD says, you that fear him and obey him: "Because you are faithful to me, some of your own people hate you and will have nothing to do with you. They mock you and say, 'Let the LORD show his greatness and save you, so that we may see you rejoice.' But they themselves will be disgraced!

Listen! That loud noise in the city, that sound in the Temple, is the sound of the LORD punishing his enemies!

"Happy are you when people hate you, reject you, insult you, and say that you are evil, all because of the Son of Man!

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I keep telling it that its ways are bad.

"If the world hates you, just remember that it has hated me first.

If you belonged to the world, then the world would love you as its own. But I chose you from this world, and you do not belong to it; that is why the world hates you.

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.

So do not be surprised, my friends, if the people of the world hate you.

Those who try to gain their own life will lose it; but those who lose their life for my sake will gain it.

"Happy are you when people insult you and persecute you and tell all kinds of evil lies against you because you are my followers.

But they will do all this to you because you are mine; for they do not know the one who sent me.

And I myself will show him all that he must suffer for my sake."

Throughout our lives we are always in danger of death for Jesus' sake, in order that his life may be seen in this mortal body of ours.

You are patient, you have suffered for my sake, and you have not given up.

But whoever holds out to the end will be saved.

Happy are those who remain faithful until 1,335 days are over!

"And you, Daniel, be faithful to the end. Then you will die, but you will rise to receive your reward at the end of time."

Everyone will hate you because of me. But whoever holds out to the end will be saved.

The seeds that fell in good soil stand for those who hear the message and retain it in a good and obedient heart, and they persist until they bear fruit.

Some people keep on doing good, and seek glory, honor, and immortal life; to them God will give eternal life.

So let us not become tired of doing good; for if we do not give up, the time will come when we will reap the harvest.

For we are all partners with Christ if we hold firmly to the end the confidence we had at the beginning.

Our great desire is that each of you keep up your eagerness to the end, so that the things you hope for will come true.

Happy are those who remain faithful under trials, because when they succeed in passing such a test, they will receive as their reward the life which God has promised to those who love him.

But you, my friends, keep on building yourselves up on your most sacred faith. Pray in the power of the Holy Spirit,

and keep yourselves in the love of God, as you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ in his mercy to give you eternal life.

"If you have ears, then, listen to what the Spirit says to the churches! "To those who win the victory I will give the right to eat the fruit of the tree of life that grows in the Garden of God.

Don't be afraid of anything you are about to suffer. Listen! The Devil will put you to the test by having some of you thrown into prison, and your troubles will last ten days. Be faithful to me, even if it means death, and I will give you life as your prize of victory.

"If you have ears, then, listen to what the Spirit says to the churches! "To those who win the victory I will give some of the hidden manna. I will also give each of them a white stone on which is written a new name that no one knows except the one who receives it.

To those who win the victory, who continue to the end to do what I want, I will give the same authority that I received from my Father: I will give them authority over the nations, to rule them with an iron rod and to break them to pieces like clay pots. I will also give them the morning star.

To those who win the victory I will give the right to sit beside me on my throne, just as I have been victorious and now sit by my Father on his throne.