¹⁰ Do not be afraid of what you are about to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you will suffer persecution for ten days. Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown.

¹¹ I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have, so that no one will take your crown.

³⁵ For whoever wants to save their life^[a] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.

² They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God.