Yeah by now I read further on in Timothy.But to my reaction, it still doesn't say we deem it our first choice, or a "fun" thing.When you said "put up with" it ,that's a little more on target than getting on me for mentioning that I don't find it enjoyable. Also, the type of rudeness I was referring to was not nessasarily persecution for our loyalty to Jesus, I meant rudeness in general. Persecution, yes , I understand we're supposed to "be faithful unto death", and "He who has endured to the end shall be saved." But this was more like regular day to day rudeness, not persecution for our beliefs.