Luke 17:33
Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.

Acts 20:23, 24
I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me. . . .

Hebrews 11:35
Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

Revelation 2:10
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Revelation 12:11
They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; and they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.