Matthew 5:11
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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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- 5.11 Other ancient authorities lack falsely
1 Peter 4:14
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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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Luke 21:17
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17 You will be hated by all because of my name.(A)
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Mark 13:13
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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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Matthew 24:9
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Persecutions Foretold
9 “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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Luke 6:22
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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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- 6.22 Gk cast out your name as evil
1 Peter 2:23
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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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John 15:21
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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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Matthew 10:22
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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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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 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)
Matthew 10:39
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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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Revelation 2:3
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3 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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Matthew 19:29
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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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