2 Timothy 3:12
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12 Indeed, all who desire to (A)live a godly life in Christ Jesus (B)will be persecuted,
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1 Peter 3:14
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14 (A)But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. (B)Have no fear of them, (C)nor be troubled,
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1 Peter 4:12-16
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Suffering as a Christian
12 Beloved, do not be surprised at (A)the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. 13 But rejoice (B)insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad (C)when his glory is revealed. 14 (D)If you are insulted (E)for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory[a] and of God rests upon you. 15 But (F)let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or (G)as a meddler. 16 Yet (H)if anyone suffers as a (I)Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God (J)in that name.
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- 1 Peter 4:14 Some manuscripts insert and of power
1 Peter 2:20-21
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20 For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But (A)if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God. 21 For (B)to this you have been called, (C)because Christ also suffered for you, (D)leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps.
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Acts 14:22
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22 (A)strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them (B)to continue in (C)the faith, and saying that (D)through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.
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Matthew 16:24
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Take Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus
24 Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him (A)deny himself and (B)take up his cross and follow me.
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John 16:2
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2 (A)They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, (B)the hour is coming when (C)whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
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John 15:19-21
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19 (A)If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because (B)you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20 Remember the word that I said to you: (C)‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, (D)they will also persecute you. (E)If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. 21 But (F)all these things they will do to you (G)on account of my name, (H)because they do not know him who sent me.
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Matthew 5:10-12
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10 (A)“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for (B)theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 (C)“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely (D)on my account. 12 (E)Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for (F)so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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1 Peter 5:9-10
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9 (A)Resist him, (B)firm in your faith, knowing that (C)the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. 10 And (D)after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, (E)who has called you to his (F)eternal glory in Christ, will himself (G)restore, (H)confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
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Mark 10:30
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30 who will not receive a hundredfold (A)now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, (B)with persecutions, and in (C)the age to come eternal life.
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1 Thessalonians 3:3-4
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3 that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that (A)we are destined for this. 4 For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, (B)just as it has come to pass, and just as you know.
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Matthew 10:22-25
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22 (A)and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. (B)But the one who endures to the end will be saved. 23 When they (C)persecute you in one town, (D)flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel (E)before the Son of Man comes.
24 (F)“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant[a] above his master. 25 It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. (G)If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign[b] those of his household.
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- Matthew 10:24 Or bondservant; also verse 25
- Matthew 10:25 Greek lacks will they malign
Psalm 37:12-15
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12 The wicked (A)plots against the righteous
and (B)gnashes his teeth at him,
13 but the Lord (C)laughs at the wicked,
for he sees that his (D)day is coming.
14 The wicked draw the sword and (E)bend their bows
to bring down the poor and needy,
to slay those whose (F)way is upright;
15 their sword shall enter their own heart,
and their (G)bows shall be broken.
2 Peter 3:11
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11 Since all these things are thus to be dissolved, (A)what sort of people ought you to be in lives of holiness and godliness,
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Hebrews 11:32-38
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32 And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of (A)Gideon, (B)Barak, (C)Samson, (D)Jephthah, of (E)David and (F)Samuel and the prophets— 33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, (G)stopped the mouths of lions, 34 (H)quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, (I)became mighty in war, (J)put foreign armies to flight. 35 (K)Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life. 36 Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even (L)chains and imprisonment. 37 (M)They were stoned, they were sawn in two,[a] (N)they were killed with the sword. (O)They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated— 38 of whom the world was not worthy—(P)wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
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- Hebrews 11:37 Some manuscripts add they were tempted
Titus 2:12
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12 training us to renounce ungodliness and (A)worldly passions, and (B)to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in (C)the present age,
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1 Corinthians 15:19
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19 If in Christ we have hope[a] in this life only, (A)we are of all people most to be pitied.
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- 1 Corinthians 15:19 Or we have hoped
Luke 14:26-27
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Revelation 12:4
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4 His tail swept down (A)a third of the stars of heaven and (B)cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child (C)he might devour it.
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Revelation 7:14
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14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of (A)the great tribulation. (B)They have washed their robes and (C)made them white (D)in the blood of the Lamb.
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Revelation 1:9-10
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Vision of the Son of Man
9 I, John, your brother and (A)partner in (B)the tribulation and (C)the kingdom and (D)the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos (E)on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 (F)I was in the Spirit (G)on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice (H)like a trumpet
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Titus 1:1
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1 Timothy 6:3
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3 If anyone (A)teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with (B)the sound[a] words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching (C)that accords with godliness,
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- 1 Timothy 6:3 Or healthy
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