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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1 Peter 4:14
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14 If you are [a]reproached for the name of Christ, (A)blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. [b]On their part He is blasphemed, (B)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.
Luke 21:17
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17 And (A)you will be hated by all for My name’s sake.
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Mark 13:13
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13 (A)And you will be hated by all for My name’s sake. But (B)he who [a]endures to the end shall be saved.
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- Mark 13:13 bears patiently
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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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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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.
1 Peter 2:23
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23 (A)who, when He was reviled, did not revile in return; when He suffered, He did not threaten, but (B)committed Himself to Him who judges righteously;
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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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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.”
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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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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Matthew 19:29
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29 (A)And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother [a]or wife or children or [b]lands, for My name’s sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.
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- Matthew 19:29 NU omits or wife
- Matthew 19:29 Lit. fields
1 Corinthians 4:10
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10 We are (A)fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ! (B)We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored!
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Romans 8:36
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36 As it is written:
(A)“For Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”
Luke 21:12
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12 (A)But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and (B)prisons. (C)You will be brought before kings and rulers (D)for My name’s sake.
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Luke 9:24
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24 (A)For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.
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Mark 8:35
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35 For (A)whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.
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Matthew 10:25
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25 It is enough for a disciple that he be like his teacher, and a servant like his master. If (A)they have called the master of the house [a]Beelzebub, how much more will they call those of his household!
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- Matthew 10:25 NU, M Beelzebul; a Philistine deity, 2 Kin. 1:2, 3
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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2 Corinthians 4:11
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11 For we who live (A)are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
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Matthew 27:39
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39 And (A)those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads
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Psalm 44:22
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22 (A)Yet for Your sake we are killed all day long;
We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Mark 4:17
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17 and they have no root in themselves, and so endure only for a time. Afterward, when tribulation or persecution arises for the word’s sake, immediately they stumble.
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John 9:28
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28 Then they reviled him and said, “You are His disciple, but we are Moses’ disciples.
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