Revelation 2:10

Tertullian De Corona

Nay, then, He does even choose. He calls us to it. To him who conquers He says, "I will give a crown Of life."[62]

Tertullian Scorpiace

t that which he who denies is about to pay, who has to be slain, body and soul, in hell? And if he teaches that we must die for the brethren, how much more for the Lord,-he being sufficiently prepared, by his own Revelation too, forgiving such advice! For indeed the Spirit had sent the injunction to the angel of the church in Smyrna: "Behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried ten days. Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life."[83]

Cyprian Epistle XXXVI

They have endured and have carried the uncorrupted and unstained merits of their virtues through, even unto the end. And, again, it is written, "Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life."[4]

Cyprian Treatise XI Exhortation to Martyrdom Addressed to Fortunatus

And in the Apocalypse, divine protection is promised to our sufferings. "Fear nothing of these things," it says, "which thou shalt suffer."[76]

Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

Also in the same place: "Be thou faithful even unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life."[490]