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1 Peter 4 13-1 Peter 4 16
Instead, rejoice as you share in the sufferings of the Messiah, so that you may also rejoice with great joy at the revelation of His glory.If you are ridiculed for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.None of you, however, should suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or a meddler.But if anyone suffers as a“ Christian,” he should not be ashamed but should glorify God in having that name.
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John 15:21
But they will do all these things to you on account of My name, because they don’t know the One who sent Me.
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James 1:2
Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience various trials,
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Luke 6:22
You are blessed when people hate you, when they exclude you, insult you, and slander your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
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Philippians 1:29
For it has been given to you on Christ’s behalf not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him,
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2 Corinthians 12 10
So I take pleasure in weaknesses, insults, catastrophes, persecutions, and in pressures, because of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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Hebrews 12:2
keeping our eyes on Jesus, the source and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that lay before Him endured a cross and despised the shame and has sat down at the right hand of God’s throne.
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Matthew 5:10-12
Those who are persecuted for righteousness are blessed, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.“ You are blessed when they insult and persecute you and falsely say every kind of evil against you because of Me.Be glad and rejoice, because your reward is great in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
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Romans 5:3
And not only that, but we also rejoice in our afflictions, because we know that affliction produces endurance,
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Hebrews 10:34
For you sympathized with the prisoners and accepted with joy the confiscation of your possessions, knowing that you yourselves have a better and enduring possession.
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Isaiah 66:5
You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the Lord:“ Your brothers who hate and exclude you because of Me have said,‘ Let the Lord be glorified so that we can see your joy!’ But they will be put to shame.”
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Isaiah 65:14
My servants will shout for joy from a glad heart, but you will cry out from an anguished heart, and you will lament out of a broken spirit.
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Acts 16:23-25
After they had inflicted many blows on them, they threw them in jail, ordering the jailer to keep them securely guarded.Receiving such an order, he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
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Isaiah 61:10
I greatly rejoice in the Lord, I exult in my God; for He has clothed me with the garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a groom wears a turban and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
