14 Bible Verses about Persecution Of The Apostle Paul

And he was speaking and debating with the {Greek-speaking Jews}, but they were trying to do away with him.

But the Jews incited the devout women of high social standing and the most prominent men of the city, and stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and threw them out of their district.

So when an inclination took place [on the part] of both the Gentiles and the Jews, together with their rulers, to mistreat [them] and to stone them,

But Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium, and [when they] had won over the crowds and stoned Paul, they dragged [him] outside the city, thinking he was dead.

And the crowd joined in attacking them, and the chief magistrates tore off their clothing [and] gave orders to beat [them] with rods.

Now [when] Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose up with one purpose against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,

for the crowd of people was following [them], shouting, "Away with him!"

Now they were listening to him until this word, and they raised their voices, saying, "Away with such a man from the earth! For it is not fitting [for] him to live!"

And [when] the dispute became severe, the military tribune, fearing lest Paul be torn apart by them, ordered the detachment to go down, take him away from their midst, and bring [him] into the barracks.

and we toil, working with our own hands. [When we are] reviled, we bless; [when we are] persecuted, we endure;

persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed;

Five times I received at the hands of the Jews forty [lashes] less one.

in connection with which I suffer misfortune to the point of {imprisonment} as a criminal, but the word of God is not bound.

persecutions, [and] sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, [and] in Lystra, what sort of persecutions I endured, and the Lord delivered me from all [of them].