Acts 9:16
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16 For (A)I will show him how many things he must suffer for My (B)name’s sake.”
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1 Thessalonians 3:3
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3 (A)that no one should be shaken by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that (B)we are appointed to this.
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Acts 21:11
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11 When he had come to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own hands and feet, and said, “Thus says the Holy Spirit, (A)‘So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt, and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’ ”
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John 15:20
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20 Remember the word that I said to you, (A)‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. (B)If they kept My word, they will keep yours also.
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1 Peter 4:14
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14 If you are [a]reproached for the name of Christ, (A)blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. [b]On their part He is blasphemed, (B)but on your part He is glorified.
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- 1 Peter 4:14 insulted or reviled
- 1 Peter 4:14 NU omits the rest of v. 14.
2 Timothy 1:12
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12 For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, (A)for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.
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2 Corinthians 6:4
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4 But in all things we commend ourselves (A)as ministers of God: in much [a]patience, in tribulations, in needs, in distresses,
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- 2 Corinthians 6:4 endurance
2 Timothy 2:9-10
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9 (A)for which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, (B)even to the point of chains; (C)but the word of God is not chained. 10 Therefore (D)I endure all things for the sake of the [a]elect, (E)that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
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- 2 Timothy 2:10 chosen ones
2 Corinthians 11:23-27
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23 Are they ministers of Christ?—I speak as a fool—I am more: (A)in labors more abundant, (B)in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, (C)in deaths often. 24 From the Jews five times I received (D)forty (E)stripes minus one. 25 Three times I was (F)beaten with rods; (G)once I was stoned; three times I (H)was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep; 26 in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, (I)in perils of my own countrymen, (J)in perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; 27 in weariness and toil, (K)in sleeplessness often, (L)in hunger and thirst, in (M)fastings often, in cold and nakedness—
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Matthew 5:11
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11 (A)Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of (B)evil against you falsely for My sake.
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1 Corinthians 4:9-13
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9 For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we have been made a (A)spectacle [a]to the world, both to angels and to men. 10 We are (B)fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ! (C)We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored! 11 To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless. 12 (D)And we labor, working with our own hands. (E)Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; 13 being defamed, we [b]entreat. (F)We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.
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- 1 Corinthians 4:9 Lit. theater
- 1 Corinthians 4:13 exhort, encourage
John 16:1-4
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Jesus Warns and Comforts His Disciples
16 “These things I have spoken to you, that you (A)should not be made to stumble. 2 (B)They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming (C)that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service. 3 And (D)these things they will do [a]to you because they have not known the Father nor Me. 4 But these things I have told you, that when [b]the time comes, you may remember that I told you of them.
“And these things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.
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Matthew 24:9
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9 (A)“Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.
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2 Timothy 3:11
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11 persecutions, afflictions, which happened to me (A)at Antioch, (B)at Iconium, (C)at Lystra—what persecutions I endured. And (D)out of them all the Lord delivered me.
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Acts 20:22-23
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22 And see, now (A)I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me there, 23 except that (B)the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that chains and tribulations await me.
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Acts 21:4
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4 And finding [a]disciples, we stayed there seven days. (A)They told Paul through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.
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- Acts 21:4 NU the disciples
Matthew 10:21-25
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21 (A)“Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. 22 And (B)you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. (C)But he who endures to the end will be saved. 23 (D)When they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly, I say to you, you will not have (E)gone through the cities of Israel (F)before the Son of Man comes.
24 (G)“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. 25 It is enough for a disciple that he be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If (H)they have called the master of the house [a]Beelzebub, how much more will they call those of his household!
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- Matthew 10:25 NU, M Beelzebul; a Philistine deity, 2 Kin. 1:2, 3
Revelation 1:9
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Vision of the Son of Man
9 I, John, [a]both your brother and (A)companion in the tribulation and (B)kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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- Revelation 1:9 NU, M omit both
Acts 9:14
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14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all (A)who call on Your name.”
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Isaiah 33:1
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A Prayer in Deep Distress
33 Woe to you (A)who plunder, though you have not been plundered;
And you who deal treacherously, though they have not dealt treacherously with you!
(B)When you cease plundering,
You will be (C)plundered;
When you make an end of dealing treacherously,
They will deal treacherously with you.
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