2 Corinthians 4:9

“Many times they have assailed me from my youth up; Yet they have not prevailed against me.

Yet those who hope in Yahweh Will gain new power; They will mount up with wings like eagles; They will run and not get tired; They will walk and not become weary.

Though the fig tree should not blossom And there be no produce on the vines, Though the yield of the olive should fail And the fields yield no food, Though the flock should be cut off from the fold And there be no cattle in the stalls,

“Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also.

“These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world.”

but in everything commending ourselves as ministers of God, in much perseverance, in afflictions, in distresses, in hardships,

Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.