Luke 2:34
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34 Then Simeon blessed them and told His mother Mary: “Indeed, this child is destined to cause the fall and rise of many in Israel(A) and to be a sign that will be opposed[a]—
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- Luke 2:34 Or spoken against
Acts 24:5
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5 For we have found this man to be a plague,(A) an agitator(B) among all the Jews throughout the Roman world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes!
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1 Peter 2:12
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12 Conduct(A) yourselves honorably among the Gentiles,[a] so that in a case where they speak against you as those who do what is evil, they will, by observing your good works, glorify God on the day of visitation.[b](B)
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- 1 Peter 2:12 Or among the nations, or among the pagans
- 1 Peter 2:12 The day when God intervenes in human history, either in grace or in judgment
1 Peter 4:14
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14 If you are ridiculed for the name of Christ,(A) you are blessed, because the Spirit(B) of glory and of God rests on you.[a]
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- 1 Peter 4:14 Other mss add He is blasphemed because of them, but He is glorified because of you.
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