Luke 6:22
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22 “Blessed are you when (A)people hate you and when they (B)exclude you and revile you and (C)spurn your name as evil, (D)on account of the Son of Man!
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Matthew 10:22
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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.
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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 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 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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2 Timothy 3:11-12
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1 Thessalonians 2:14-15
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14 For you, brothers, (A)became imitators of (B)the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea. For (C)you suffered the same things from your own countrymen (D)as they did from the Jews,[a] 15 (E)who killed both the Lord Jesus and (F)the prophets, and drove us out, and displease God and (G)oppose all mankind
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- 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
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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1 Peter 2:19-20
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19 For this is a gracious thing, when, (A)mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. 20 For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But (B)if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.
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Philippians 1:28-30
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28 and not frightened in anything by your opponents. This is (A)a clear sign to them of their destruction, but (B)of your salvation, and that from God. 29 For (C)it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also (D)suffer for his sake, 30 engaged in the same (E)conflict that (F)you saw I had and now hear that I still have.
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John 12:42
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42 Nevertheless, (A)many even of the authorities believed in him, but (B)for fear of the Pharisees they did not (C)confess it, so that they would not be (D)put out of the synagogue;
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John 7:7
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7 The world cannot hate you, but (A)it hates me because I testify about it that (B)its works are evil.
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2 Corinthians 11:23-26
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23 Are they (A)servants of Christ? (B)I am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, (C)far more imprisonments, (D)with countless beatings, and (E)often near death. 24 Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the (F)forty lashes less one. 25 Three times I was (G)beaten with rods. (H)Once I was stoned. Three times I (I)was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; 26 on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, (J)danger from my own people, (K)danger from Gentiles, (L)danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers;
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1 Corinthians 4:10-11
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Luke 21:17
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17 (A)You will be hated by all for my name's sake.
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Isaiah 66:5
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5 Hear the word of the Lord,
you who tremble at his word:
“Your brothers who hate you
and cast you out for my name's sake
have said, (A)‘Let the Lord be glorified,
that we may see your joy’;
but it is they who shall be put to shame.
Isaiah 65:5
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5 who say, “Keep to yourself,
do not come near me, for I am too holy for you.”
(A)These are a smoke in my nostrils,
a fire that burns all the day.
Acts 24:5
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5 For we have found this man a plague, (A)one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of (B)the sect of the Nazarenes.
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Acts 22:22
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Paul and the Roman Tribune
22 Up to this word they listened to him. Then they raised their voices and said, (A)“Away with such a fellow from the earth! For (B)he should not be allowed to live.”
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Acts 9:16
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16 For (A)I will show him how much (B)he must suffer (C)for the sake of my name.”
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John 17:14
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14 (A)I have given them your word, and (B)the world has hated them (C)because they are not of the world, (D)just as I am not of the world.
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John 15:18-21
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The Hatred of the World
18 (A)“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 (B)If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because (C)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: (D)‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, (E)they will also persecute you. (F)If they kept my word, they will also keep yours. 21 But (G)all these things they will do to you (H)on account of my name, (I)because they do not know him who sent me.
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John 9:34
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34 They answered him, (A)“You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they (B)cast him out.
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John 9:22-28
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22 (His parents said these things (A)because they feared the Jews, for (B)the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should (C)confess Jesus[a] to be Christ, (D)he was to be put out of the synagogue.) 23 Therefore his parents said, (E)“He is of age; ask him.”
24 So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, (F)“Give glory to God. We know that (G)this man is a sinner.” 25 He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I (H)was blind, now I see.” 26 They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” 27 He answered them, (I)“I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?” 28 And they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but (J)we are disciples of Moses.
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- John 9:22 Greek him
Luke 20:15
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15 And they (A)threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
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