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

Be happy and glad, for a great reward is kept for you in heaven. This is how the prophets who lived before you were persecuted.

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

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

Everyone will hate you because of me.

"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.

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

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

But whoever holds out to the end will be saved.

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.

We are not people who turn back and are lost. Instead, we have faith and are saved.

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.

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.

Because you have kept my command to endure, I will also keep you safe from the time of trouble which is coming upon the world to test all the people on earth.