6. And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not frightened or troubled, for this must take place, but the end is not yet.
7. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in place after place;
8. All this is but the beginning [the early pains] of the birth pangs [of the intolerable anguish].
9. Then they will hand you over to suffer affliction and tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake.