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Revelation 2:3
You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. (niv)
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Colossians 1:24
Now I rejoice in what I am suffering for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is still lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions, for the sake of his body, which is the church. (niv)
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2 Corinthians 12 13
How were you inferior to the other churches, except that I was never a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong! (niv)
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2 Corinthians 4 5
For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. (niv)
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1 Corinthians 9 18
What then is my reward? Just this: that in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights as a preacher of the gospel. (niv)
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Acts 8:4
Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went. (niv)
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1 Corinthians 9 12-1 Corinthians 9 15
If others have this right of support from you, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not use this right. On the contrary, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple get their food from the temple, and that those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar?In the same way, the Lord has commanded that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing this in the hope that you will do such things for me, for I would rather die than allow anyone to deprive me of this boast. (niv)
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Acts 9:16
I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.” (niv)
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Acts 5:41
The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name. (niv)
