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11 “Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely[a] on my account.(A)

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  1. 5.11 Other ancient authorities lack falsely

11 “Blessed are you when people insult you,(A) persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.(B)

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14 If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the spirit of glory,[a] which is the Spirit of God,[b] is resting on you.[c](A)

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  1. 4.14 Other ancient authorities add and of power
  2. 4.14 Or spirit of glory and of God
  3. 4.14 Other ancient authorities add On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified

14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ,(A) you are blessed,(B) for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

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17 You will be hated by all because of my name.(A)

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17 Everyone will hate you because of me.(A)

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13 and you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.(A)

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13 Everyone will hate you because of me,(A) but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.(B)

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Persecutions Foretold

“Then they will hand you over to be tortured and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.(A)

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“Then you will be handed over to be persecuted(A) and put to death,(B) and you will be hated by all nations because of me.(C)

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22 “Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you, revile you, and defame you[a] on account of the Son of Man.(A)

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  1. 6.22 Gk cast out your name as evil

22 Blessed are you when people hate you,
    when they exclude you(A) and insult you(B)
    and reject your name as evil,
        because of the Son of Man.(C)

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23 When he was abused, he did not return abuse; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but he entrusted himself to the one who judges justly.(A)

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23 When they hurled their insults at him,(A) he did not retaliate; when he suffered, he made no threats.(B) Instead, he entrusted himself(C) to him who judges justly.(D)

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21 But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.(A)

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21 They will treat you this way because of my name,(A) for they do not know the one who sent me.(B)

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22 and you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.(A)

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22 You will be hated by everyone because of me,(A) but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.(B)

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The Lord Vindicates Zion

Hear the word of the Lord,
    you who tremble at his word:
Your own people who hate you
    and reject you for my name’s sake
have said, “Let the Lord be glorified,
    so that we may see your joy,”
    but it is they who shall be put to shame.(A)

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Hear the word of the Lord,
    you who tremble at his word:(A)
“Your own people who hate(B) you,
    and exclude you because of my name, have said,
‘Let the Lord be glorified,
    that we may see your joy!’
    Yet they will be put to shame.(C)

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39 Those who find their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it.(A)

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39 Whoever finds their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life for my sake will find it.(A)

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I also know that you are enduring and bearing up for the sake of my name and that you have not grown weary.(A)

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You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name,(A) and have not grown weary.

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29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or[a] children or fields for my name’s sake will receive a hundredfold[b] and will inherit eternal life.

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  1. 19.29 Other ancient authorities lack wife or
  2. 19.29 Other ancient authorities read manifold

29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife[a] or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.(A)

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  1. Matthew 19:29 Some manuscripts do not have or wife.