^20 (A)But as for you, you meant evil against me; but ^(B)God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people alive.

The Heritage of the Righteous and the Calamity of the Wicked

A Psalm of David.

^11 (B)Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of ^(C)evil against you falsely for My sake. ^12 (D)Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for ^(E)so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

⁸ We are ^(A)hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; ⁹ persecuted, but not ^(B)forsaken; ^(C)struck down, but not destroyed— ^10 (D)always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, ^(E)that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. ¹¹ For we who live ^(F)are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. ¹² So then death is working in us, but life in you.

^11 (A)to which I was appointed a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher ^[a]of the Gentiles. ¹² For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, ^(B)for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.

Suffering for Right and Wrong

^13 (A)And who is he who will harm you if you become followers of what is good? ^14 (B)But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. ^(C)“And do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled.”