John 15:21
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21 But (A)all these things they will do to you for My name’s sake, because they do not know Him who sent Me.
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Matthew 10:22
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22 And (A)you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. (B)But he who endures to the end will be saved.
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John 16:3
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3 And (A)these things they will do [a]to you because they have not known the Father nor Me.
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- John 16:3 NU, M omit to you
John 8:19
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19 Then they said to Him, “Where is Your Father?”
Jesus answered, (A)“You know neither Me nor My Father. (B)If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also.”
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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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Matthew 10:18
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18 (A)You will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.
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Acts 5:41
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41 So they departed from the presence of the council, (A)rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for [a]His name.
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- Acts 5:41 NU the name; M the name of Jesus
Revelation 2:3
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3 and you have persevered and have patience, and have labored for My name’s sake and have (A)not become weary.
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1 John 2:3-4
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The Test of Knowing Him
3 Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. 4 He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a (A)liar, and the truth is not in him.
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1 Peter 4:13-14
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13 but rejoice (A)to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that (B)when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy. 14 If you are [a]reproached for the name of Christ, (C)blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. [b]On their part He is blasphemed, (D)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 Thessalonians 1:8
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8 in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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2 Corinthians 4:3-6
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3 But even if our gospel is veiled, (A)it is veiled to those who are perishing, 4 whose minds (B)the god of this age (C)has blinded, who do not believe, lest (D)the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, (E)who is the image of God, should shine on them. 5 (F)For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and (G)ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake. 6 For it is the God (H)who commanded light to shine out of darkness, who has (I)shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
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1 Corinthians 15:34
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34 (A)Awake to righteousness, and do not sin; (B)for some do not have the knowledge of God. (C)I speak this to your shame.
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1 Corinthians 2:8
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8 which none of the rulers of this age knew; for (A)had they known, they would not have (B)crucified the Lord of glory.
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Romans 1:28
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28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things (A)which are not fitting;
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Acts 28:25-27
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25 So when they did not agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had said one word: “The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah the prophet to [a]our fathers, 26 saying,
(A)‘Go to this people and say:
“Hearing you will hear, and shall not understand;
And seeing you will see, and not perceive;
27 For the hearts of this people have grown dull.
Their ears are hard of hearing,
And their eyes they have closed,
Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears,
Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn,
So that I should heal them.” ’
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- Acts 28:25 NU your
Acts 17:23
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23 for as I was passing through and considering the objects of your worship, I even found an altar with this inscription:
TO THE UNKNOWN GOD.
Therefore, the One whom you worship without knowing, Him I proclaim to you:
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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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Acts 3:17
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17 “Yet now, brethren, I know that (A)you did it in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
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John 8:54
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54 Jesus answered, (A)“If I honor Myself, My honor is nothing. (B)It is My Father who honors Me, of whom you say that He is [a]your God.
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Luke 6:22
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22 (A)Blessed are you when men hate you,
And when they (B)exclude you,
And revile you, and cast out your name as evil,
For the Son of Man’s sake.
Matthew 10:39
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39 (A)He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it.
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Isaiah 66:5
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The Lord Vindicates Zion
5 Hear the word of the Lord,
You who tremble at His word:
“Your brethren who (A)hated you,
Who cast you out for My name’s sake, said,
(B)‘Let the Lord be glorified,
That (C)we may see your joy.’
But they shall be ashamed.”
Psalm 69:7
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7 Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;
Shame has covered my face.
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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