To witness in a hostile world without stumbling, you must face the difficulty of the task: you will be persecuted, and you may get killed. The Spirit himself confirms to our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, also heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer together with him so that we may also be glorified together with him. Romans 8:16-17 EASY
It reads in John 16:1-4 Easy English Bible> Jesus then said, ‘I have told you all these things, so that you will not turn away from God. People will send you away from their meeting places. There will be a time when people will want to kill you. When they do this, they will even think that they are doing what God wants. They will do these things to you because they have never known either the Father or me. But I have told you this so that you will remember. When they begin to do these things, you will remember that I told you about them already.’ ‘I did not tell you these things at the beginning, because I was with you.