“Who then can be saved?” But Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, ​the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God

Indeed all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.