“In this world you will have trouble,” Jesus said (John 16:33 NIV). “Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted” (2 Tim. 3:12), and “For it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake, engaged in the same conflict that you saw I had and now hear that I still have,” wrote the apostle Paul (Phil. 1:29–30).
