Matthew 5:11
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11 “God blesses you when people mock you and persecute you and lie about you and say all sorts of evil things against you because you are my followers.
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1 Peter 4:14
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14 If you are insulted because you bear the name of Christ, you will be blessed, for the glorious Spirit of God[a] rests upon you.[b]
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Luke 21:17
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17 And everyone will hate you because you are my followers.[a]
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- 21:17 Greek on account of my name.
Mark 13:13
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13 And everyone will hate you because you are my followers.[a] But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
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- 13:13 Greek on account of my name.
Matthew 24:9
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9 “Then you will be arrested, persecuted, and killed. You will be hated all over the world because you are my followers.[a]
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- 24:9 Greek on account of my name.
Luke 6:22
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22 What blessings await you when people hate you and exclude you and mock you and curse you as evil because you follow the Son of Man.
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1 Peter 2:23
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23 He did not retaliate when he was insulted,
nor threaten revenge when he suffered.
He left his case in the hands of God,
who always judges fairly.
John 15:21
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21 They will do all this to you because of me, for they have rejected the one who sent me.
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Matthew 10:22
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22 And all nations will hate you because you are my followers.[a] But everyone who endures to the end will be saved.
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- 10:22 Greek on account of my name.
Isaiah 66:5
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5 Hear this message from the Lord,
all you who tremble at his words:
“Your own people hate you
and throw you out for being loyal to my name.
‘Let the Lord be honored!’ they scoff.
‘Be joyful in him!’
But they will be put to shame.
Matthew 10:39
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39 If you cling to your life, you will lose it; but if you give up your life for me, you will find it.
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Revelation 2:3
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3 You have patiently suffered for me without quitting.
Matthew 19:29
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29 And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or property, for my sake, will receive a hundred times as much in return and will inherit eternal life.
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