1 Peter 2:20
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20 Of course, you get no credit for being patient if you are beaten for doing wrong. But if you suffer for doing good and endure it patiently, God is pleased with you.
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1 Peter 2:19
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19 For God is pleased when, conscious of his will, you patiently endure unjust treatment.
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1 Peter 3:17
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17 Remember, it is better to suffer for doing good, if that is what God wants, than to suffer for doing wrong!
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1 Peter 4:14-16
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14 If you are insulted because you bear the name of Christ, you will be blessed, for the glorious Spirit of God[a] rests upon you.[b] 15 If you suffer, however, it must not be for murder, stealing, making trouble, or prying into other people’s affairs. 16 But it is no shame to suffer for being a Christian. Praise God for the privilege of being called by his name!
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1 Peter 3:14
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14 But even if you suffer for doing what is right, God will reward you for it. So don’t worry or be afraid of their threats.
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Philippians 4:18
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18 At the moment I have all I need—and more! I am generously supplied with the gifts you sent me with Epaphroditus. They are a sweet-smelling sacrifice that is acceptable and pleasing to God.
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1 Corinthians 4:11
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11 Even now we go hungry and thirsty, and we don’t have enough clothes to keep warm. We are often beaten and have no home.
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Luke 6:32
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32 “If you love only those who love you, why should you get credit for that? Even sinners love those who love them!
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Mark 14:65
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65 Then some of them began to spit at him, and they blindfolded him and beat him with their fists. “Prophesy to us,” they jeered. And the guards slapped him as they took him away.
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Matthew 26:67
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67 Then they began to spit in Jesus’ face and beat him with their fists. And some slapped him,
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Matthew 5:47
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47 If you are kind only to your friends,[a] how are you different from anyone else? Even pagans do that.
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- 5:47 Greek your brothers.
Matthew 5:10-12
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10 God blesses those who are persecuted for doing right,
for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.
11 “God blesses you when people mock you and persecute you and lie about you and say all sorts of evil things against you because you are my followers. 12 Be happy about it! Be very glad! For a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember, the ancient prophets were persecuted in the same way.
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Ephesians 5:10
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10 Carefully determine what pleases the Lord.
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Romans 12:1-2
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A Living Sacrifice to God
12 And so, dear brothers and sisters,[a] I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him.[b] 2 Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.
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