1 Corinthians 11:1
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11 (A)Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.
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1 Corinthians 4:16
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16 I urge you, then, (A)be imitators of me.
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Acts 13:52
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52 And the disciples were filled (A)with joy and (B)with the Holy Spirit.
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2 Thessalonians 3:9
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9 It was (A)not because we do not have that right, but to give you in ourselves (B)an example to imitate.
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Galatians 5:22
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22 But (A)the fruit of the Spirit is (B)love, joy, peace, patience, (C)kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
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3 John 11
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11 Beloved, (A)do not imitate evil but imitate good. (B)Whoever does good is from God; (C)whoever does evil has not seen God.
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Ephesians 5:1
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Romans 5:3-5
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3 Not only that, but we (A)rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering (B)produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and (C)hope does not put us to shame, because God's love (D)has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
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Acts 17:5-10
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5 (A)But the Jews[a] (B)were jealous, and taking (C)some wicked men of the rabble, they formed a mob, set the city in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the crowd. 6 And when they could not find them, (D)they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city authorities, shouting, “These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also, 7 and Jason has received them, and they are all acting against (E)the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is (F)another king, Jesus.” 8 And the people and the city authorities were disturbed when they heard these things. 9 And when they had taken money as security from Jason and the rest, they let them go.
Paul and Silas in Berea
10 (G)The brothers[b] immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they (H)went into the Jewish synagogue.
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- Acts 17:5 Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time; also verse 13
- Acts 17:10 Or brothers and sisters; also verse 14
John 14:16-18
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16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another (A)Helper,[a] to be with you forever, 17 even (B)the Spirit of truth, (C)whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and (D)will be[b] in you.
18 “I will not leave you as orphans; (E)I will come to you.
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- John 14:16 Or Advocate, or Counselor; also 14:26; 15:26; 16:7
- John 14:17 Some manuscripts and is
1 Peter 3:13
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13 Now (A)who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good?
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1 Peter 1:8
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8 (A)Though you have not seen him, you love him. (B)Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory,
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1 Peter 1:6
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6 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by (A)various trials,
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Hebrews 10:34
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34 For (A)you had compassion on those in prison, and (B)you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had (C)a better possession and an abiding one.
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2 Thessalonians 1:4
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4 Therefore (A)we ourselves boast about you (B)in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith (C)in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring.
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1 Thessalonians 3:2-4
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2 and we (A)sent Timothy, (B)our brother and God's coworker[a] in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith, 3 that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that (C)we are destined for this. 4 For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, (D)just as it has come to pass, and just as you know.
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- 1 Thessalonians 3:2 Some manuscripts servant
1 Thessalonians 2:13-14
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13 And (A)we also thank God constantly[a] for this, that when you received (B)the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it (C)not as the word of men[b] but as what it really is, the word of God, (D)which is at work in you believers. 14 For you, brothers, (E)became imitators of (F)the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For (G)you suffered the same things from your own countrymen (H)as they did from the Jews,[c]
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- 1 Thessalonians 2:13 Or without ceasing
- 1 Thessalonians 2:13 The Greek word anthropoi can refer to both men and women
- 1 Thessalonians 2:14 The Greek word Ioudaioi can refer to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, who opposed the Christian faith in that time
2 Corinthians 8:5
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5 and this, not as we expected, but they (A)gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us.
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2 Corinthians 8:1-2
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Encouragement to Give Generously
8 We want you to know, brothers,[a] about the grace of God that has been (A)given among the churches of Macedonia, 2 for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and (B)their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.
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- 2 Corinthians 8:1 Or brothers and sisters
Romans 15:13
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13 May the God of hope fill you with all (A)joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.
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Romans 8:16-18
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16 (A)The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then (B)heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, (C)provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
Future Glory
18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time (D)are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.
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Acts 9:31
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31 So (A)the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And (B)walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, (C)it multiplied.
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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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John 13:13-15
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13 (A)You call me (B)Teacher and Lord, and you are right, for so I am. 14 If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, (C)you also ought to wash one another's feet. 15 For I have given you an example, (D)that you also should do just as I have done to you.
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