Mark 8:27-38;Acts 11:25-26; Acts 26:28-29; 1 Peter 4: 14, 16; Mark 8:34; Luke 14:27; Matthew 13:55; Luke 20:17–18; Ps. 118:22; Isaiah 30:8-11; Isaiah 35:8; Philippians 3:12-15; Hebrews 12:1-2; Philippians 2:12-13; Matthew 7:21-23; 1 Thessalonians 2:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:12-24