For unto you it is given for Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him:

it is.

Acts 5:41 And they indeed went from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were accounted worthy to suffer reproach for the name of Jesus.

Romans 5:3 And not only so: but we glory also in tribulation, knowing that tribulation worketh patience;

James 1:2 My brethren, count it all joy, when you shall fall into divers temptations:

1 Peter 4:13 But if you partake of the sufferings of Christ, rejoice that, when his glory shall be revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.

not.

Matthew 16:17 And Jesus answering said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven.

John 1:12,13 But as many as received him, he gave them power to be made the sons of God, to them that believe in his name. . . .

John 6:44,45 No man can come to me, except the Father, who hath sent me, draw him. And I will raise him up in the last day. . . .

Acts 13:39 In him every one that believeth is justified.

Acts 14:27 And when they were come and had assembled the church, they related what great things God had done with them and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.

Ephesians 2:8 For by grace you are saved through faith: and that not of yourselves, for it is the gift of God.

Colossians 2:12 Buried with him in baptism: in whom also you are risen again by the faith of the operation of God who hath raised him up from the dead.

James 1:17,18 Every best gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change nor shadow of alteration. . . .