Matthew 5:10
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10 (A)“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for (B)theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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James 1:12
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12 (A)Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive (B)the crown of life, (C)which God has promised to those who love him.
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1 Peter 3:13-14
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13 Now (A)who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? 14 (B)But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. (C)Have no fear of them, (D)nor be troubled,
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2 Corinthians 4:17
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17 For (A)this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,
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Matthew 5:3
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3 (A)“Blessed are (B)the poor in spirit, for (C)theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
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James 1:2-5
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Testing of Your Faith
2 (A)Count it all joy, my brothers,[a] when you meet trials (B)of various kinds, 3 for you know that (C)the testing of your faith (D)produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be (E)perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
5 (F)If any of you lacks wisdom, (G)let him ask God, (H)who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.
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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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2 Timothy 2:12
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2 Corinthians 4:8-12
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8 We are (A)afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 persecuted, but (B)not forsaken; (C)struck down, but not destroyed; 10 (D)always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, (E)so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. 11 For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. 12 So (F)death is at work in us, but life in you.
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Philippians 1:28
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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.
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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, (B)they will also persecute you. (C)If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
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Revelation 2:10
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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
2 Thessalonians 1:4-7
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4 Therefore (A)we ourselves boast about you (B)in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith (C)in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring.
The Judgment at Christ's Coming
5 This is (D)evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be (E)considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are also suffering— 6 since indeed God considers it (F)just (G)to repay with affliction those who afflict you, 7 and to grant (H)relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when (I)the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven (J)with his mighty angels
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Romans 8:35-39
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35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? 36 As it is written,
(A)“For your sake (B)we are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
37 No, in all these things we are more than (C)conquerors through (D)him who loved us. 38 For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Psalm 37:12
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Mark 10:30
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30 who will not receive a hundredfold (A)now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, (B)with persecutions, and in (C)the age to come eternal life.
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1 Corinthians 4:9-13
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9 For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, (A)like men sentenced to death, because we (B)have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. 10 (C)We are fools for Christ's sake, but (D)you are wise in Christ. (E)We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. 11 To the present hour (F)we hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and (G)buffeted and (H)homeless, 12 and we (I)labor, working with our own hands. (J)When reviled, we bless; (K)when persecuted, we endure; 13 when slandered, we entreat. (L)We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, (M)the refuse of all things.
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Luke 6:20
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The Beatitudes
20 And (A)he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, (B)and said:
“Blessed are you who are poor, for (C)yours is the kingdom of God.
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Matthew 10:23
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23 When they (A)persecute you in one town, (B)flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel (C)before the Son of Man comes.
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1 John 3:12
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12 We should not be like (A)Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? (B)Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.
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Acts 8:1
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Saul Ravages the Church
8 And (A)Saul (B)approved of his execution.
And there arose on that day a great persecution against the church in Jerusalem, and (C)they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
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