1 Peter 4:16
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16 Yet (A)if anyone suffers as a (B)Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God (C)in that name.
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1 Peter 3:17-18
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17 For (A)it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.
18 For Christ also (B)suffered[a] (C)once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, (D)that he might bring us to God, being put to death (E)in the flesh but made alive (F)in the spirit,
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- 1 Peter 3:18 Some manuscripts died
James 1:2-4
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Testing of Your Faith
2 (A)Count it all joy, my brothers,[a] when you meet trials (B)of various kinds, 3 for you know that (C)the testing of your faith (D)produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be (E)perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
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Philippians 1:29
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29 For (A)it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also (B)suffer for his sake,
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1 Peter 4:19
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19 Therefore let those who suffer according to God's will (A)entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.
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Acts 5:41
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41 Then they left the presence of the council, (A)rejoicing that they were counted worthy (B)to suffer dishonor for (C)the name.
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2 Timothy 1:12
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12 (A)which is why I suffer as I do. But (B)I am not ashamed, for (C)I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until (D)that day (E)what has been entrusted to me.[a]
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- 2 Timothy 1:12 Or what I have entrusted to him; Greek my deposit
Philippians 1:20
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20 as it is my eager expectation and hope (A)that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full (B)courage now as always Christ (C)will be honored in my body, (D)whether by life or by death.
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Ephesians 3:13-15
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13 So I ask you not to lose heart over what I am suffering (A)for you, (B)which is your glory.
Prayer for Spiritual Strength
14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, 15 from whom (C)every family[a] in heaven and on earth is named,
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- Ephesians 3:15 Or from whom all fatherhood; the Greek word patria in verse 15 is closely related to the word for Father in verse 14
Romans 5:2-5
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2 Through him we have also (A)obtained access by faith[a] into this grace (B)in which we stand, and (C)we[b] rejoice[c] in hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only that, but we (D)rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering (E)produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and (F)hope does not put us to shame, because God's love (G)has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
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- Romans 5:2 Some manuscripts omit by faith
- Romans 5:2 Or let us; also verse 3
- Romans 5:2 Or boast; also verses 3, 11
Isaiah 50:7
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7 But the Lord God helps me;
therefore I have not been disgraced;
(A)therefore I have set my face like a flint,
and I know that I shall not be put to shame.
Hebrews 12:2-3
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2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, (A)who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising (B)the shame, and (C)is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
Do Not Grow Weary
3 (D)Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or (E)fainthearted.
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Acts 26:28
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28 And Agrippa said to Paul, “In a short time would you persuade me to be (A)a Christian?”[a]
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- Acts 26:28 Or In a short time you would persuade me to act like a Christian!
Isaiah 54:4
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4 “Fear not, (A)for you will not be ashamed;
be not confounded, for you will not be disgraced;
for you will forget the shame of your youth,
and the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.
Isaiah 24:15
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15 (A)Therefore in the east[a] give glory to the Lord;
in the coastlands of the sea, give glory to the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
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- Isaiah 24:15 Hebrew in the realm of light, or with the fires
Acts 11:26
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26 and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called (A)Christians.
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