1 Peter 3:14
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14 But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed.(A) “Do not fear their threats[a]; do not be frightened.”[b](B)
Footnotes
- 1 Peter 3:14 Or fear what they fear
- 1 Peter 3:14 Isaiah 8:12
Matthew 10:28
New International Version
28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One(A) who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
1 Peter 2:19-20
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19 For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God.(A) 20 But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.(B)
Matthew 5:10-12
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10 Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,(A)
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.(B)
11 “Blessed are you when people insult you,(C) persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.(D) 12 Rejoice and be glad,(E) because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.(F)
Isaiah 41:10-14
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10 So do not fear,(A) for I am with you;(B)
do not be dismayed, for I am your God.
I will strengthen(C) you and help(D) you;
I will uphold you(E) with my righteous right hand.(F)
11 “All who rage(G) against you
will surely be ashamed and disgraced;(H)
those who oppose(I) you
will be as nothing and perish.(J)
12 Though you search for your enemies,
you will not find them.(K)
Those who wage war against you
will be as nothing(L) at all.
13 For I am the Lord your God
who takes hold of your right hand(M)
and says to you, Do not fear;
I will help(N) you.
14 Do not be afraid,(O) you worm(P) Jacob,
little Israel, do not fear,
for I myself will help(Q) you,” declares the Lord,
your Redeemer,(R) the Holy One(S) of Israel.
Isaiah 8:12-13
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1 Peter 4:13-16
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13 But rejoice(A) inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ,(B) so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.(C) 14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ,(D) you are blessed,(E) for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. 15 If you suffer, it should not be as a murderer or thief or any other kind of criminal, or even as a meddler. 16 However, if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but praise God that you bear that name.(F)
James 1:12
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12 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial(A) because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life(B) that the Lord has promised to those who love him.(C)
2 Corinthians 12:10
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10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight(A) in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships,(B) in persecutions,(C) in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.(D)
Luke 6:22-23
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22 Blessed are you when people hate you,
when they exclude you(A) and insult you(B)
and reject your name as evil,
because of the Son of Man.(C)
23 “Rejoice in that day and leap for joy,(D) because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.(E)
Luke 12:4-5
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4 “I tell you, my friends,(A) do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. 5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him.(B)
John 14:27
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27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you.(A) I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled(B) and do not be afraid.
Mark 10:29
New International Version
29 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for me and the gospel
Mark 8:35
New International Version
35 For whoever wants to save their life[a] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.(A)
Footnotes
- Mark 8:35 The Greek word means either life or soul; also in verses 36 and 37.
Matthew 19:29
New International Version
29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife[a] or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.(A)
Footnotes
- Matthew 19:29 Some manuscripts do not have or wife.
Matthew 16:25
New International Version
25 For whoever wants to save their life[a] will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it.(A)
Footnotes
- Matthew 16:25 The Greek word means either life or soul; also in verse 26.
1 Peter 3:6
New International Version
6 like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord.(A) You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear.
Philippians 1:29
New International Version
29 For it has been granted to you(A) on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer(B) for him,
Acts 18:9-10
New International Version
9 One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision:(A) “Do not be afraid;(B) keep on speaking, do not be silent. 10 For I am with you,(C) and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.”
Matthew 10:39
New International Version
39 Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.(A)
Matthew 10:18-22
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18 On my account you will be brought before governors and kings(A) as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. 19 But when they arrest you, do not worry about what to say or how to say it.(B) At that time you will be given what to say, 20 for it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father(C) speaking through you.
21 “Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rebel against their parents(D) and have them put to death.(E) 22 You will be hated by everyone because of me,(F) but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.(G)
Jeremiah 15:15
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Jeremiah 1:8
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Isaiah 51:12
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