12 (A)Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for (B)so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

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12 Rejoice and be glad,(A) because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.(B)

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23 (A)Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven; for (B)so their fathers did to the prophets.

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23 “Rejoice in that day and leap for joy,(A) because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.(B)

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Testing of Your Faith

(A)Count it all joy, my brothers,[a] when you meet trials (B)of various kinds,

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Footnotes

  1. James 1:2 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters; also verses 16, 19

Trials and Temptations

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[a] whenever you face trials of many kinds,(A)

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Footnotes

  1. James 1:2 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verses 16 and 19; and in 2:1, 5, 14; 3:10, 12; 4:11; 5:7, 9, 10, 12, 19.

24 knowing that from the Lord (A)you will receive the inheritance as your reward. (B)You are serving the Lord Christ.

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24 since you know that you will receive an inheritance(A) from the Lord as a reward.(B) It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

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13 But rejoice (A)insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad (B)when his glory is revealed.

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13 But rejoice(A) inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ,(B) so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.(C)

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Paul's Ministry to the Church

24 Now (A)I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh (B)I am filling up (C)what is lacking in Christ's afflictions (D)for the sake of his body, that is, the church,

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Paul’s Labor for the Church

24 Now I rejoice(A) in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions,(B) for the sake of his body, which is the church.(C)

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Not only that, but we (A)rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering (B)produces endurance,

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Not only so, but we[a] also glory in our sufferings,(A) because we know that suffering produces perseverance;(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 5:3 Or let us

12 (A)The Lord repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!”

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12 May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord,(A) the God of Israel,(B) under whose wings(C) you have come to take refuge.(D)

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11 Mankind will say, “Surely there is (A)a reward for the righteous;
    surely there is a God who (B)judges on earth.”

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11 Then people will say,
    “Surely the righteous still are rewarded;(A)
    surely there is a God who judges the earth.”(B)

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10 (A)Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them,
    (B)for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

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10 Tell the righteous it will be well(A) with them,
    for they will enjoy the fruit of their deeds.(B)

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16 (A)But they kept mocking the messengers of God, (B)despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, (C)until the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy.

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16 But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words and scoffed(A) at his prophets until the wrath(B) of the Lord was aroused against his people and there was no remedy.(C)

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18 The wicked earns deceptive wages,
    but one who (A)sows righteousness gets a sure reward.

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18 A wicked person earns deceptive wages,
    but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.(A)

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27 For the Son of Man(A) is going to come(B) in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done.(C)

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