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Matthew 5:10-12
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.“ You are blessed when they insult you 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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Matthew 10:22
You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
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1 Peter 4 12-1 Peter 4 16
Dear friends, don’t be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you, as if something unusual were happening to you.Instead, rejoice as you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may also rejoice with great joy when his glory is revealed.If you are ridiculed for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.Let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or a meddler.But if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed but let him glorify God in having that name.
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2 Timothy 3 11-2 Timothy 3 12
along with the persecutions and sufferings that came to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured— and yet the Lord rescued me from them all.In fact, all who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
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John 16:2
They will ban you from the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering service to God.
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1 Peter 3 14
But even if you should suffer for righteousness, you are blessed. Do not fear them or be intimidated,
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1 Thessalonians 2 14-1 Thessalonians 2 15
For you, brothers and sisters, became imitators of God’s churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, since you have also suffered the same things from people of your own country, just as they did from the Jewswho killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us. They displease God and are hostile to everyone,
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Philippians 1:28-30
not being frightened in any way by your opponents. This is a sign of destruction for them, but of your salvation— and this is from God.For it has been granted to you on Christ’s behalf not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him,since you are engaged in the same struggle that you saw I had and now hear that I have.
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John 7:7
The world cannot hate you, but it does hate me because I testify about it— that its works are evil.
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John 12:42
Nevertheless, many did believe in him even among the rulers, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, so that they would not be banned from the synagogue.
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1 Peter 2 19-1 Peter 2 20
For it brings favor if, because of a consciousness of God, someone endures grief from suffering unjustly.For what credit is there if when you do wrong and are beaten, you endure it? But when you do what is good and suffer, if you endure it, this brings favor with God.
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Luke 21:17
You will be hated by everyone because of my name,
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Isaiah 65:5
They say,‘ Keep to yourself, don’t come near me, for I am too holy for you!’ These practices are smoke in my nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.
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1 Corinthians 4 10-1 Corinthians 4 11
We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored!Up to the present hour we are both hungry and thirsty; we are poorly clothed, roughly treated, homeless;
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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 for my name’s sake 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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2 Corinthians 11 23-2 Corinthians 11 26
Are they servants of Christ? I’m talking like a madman— I’m a better one: with far more labors, many more imprisonments, far worse beatings, many times near death.Five times I received the forty lashes minus one from the Jews.Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I received a stoning. Three times I was shipwrecked. I have spent a night and a day in the open sea.On frequent journeys, I faced dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my own people, dangers from Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers at sea, and dangers among false brothers;
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John 17:14
I have given them your word. The world hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
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Acts 22:22
They listened to him up to this point. Then they raised their voices, shouting,“ Wipe this man off the face of the earth! He should not be allowed to live!”
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John 15:18-21
“ If the world hates you, understand that it hated me before it hated you.If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of it, the world hates you.Remember the word I spoke to you:‘ A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.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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Acts 9:16
I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.”
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Luke 20:15
So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.“ What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
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Matthew 10:39
Anyone who finds his life will lose it, and anyone who loses his life because of me will find it.
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John 9:22-28
His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jews, since the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed him as the Messiah, he would be banned from the synagogue.This is why his parents said,“ He’s of age; ask him.”So a second time they summoned the man who had been blind and told him,“ Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.”He answered,“ Whether or not he’s a sinner, I don’t know. One thing I do know: I was blind, and now I can see!”Then they asked him,“ What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”“ I already told you,” he said,“ and you didn’t listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don’t want to become his disciples too, do you?”They ridiculed him:“ You’re that man’s disciple, but we’re Moses’s disciples.
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John 9:34
“ You were born entirely in sin,” they replied,“ and are you trying to teach us?” Then they threw him out.
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Mark 13:9-13
“ But you, be on your guard! They will hand you over to local courts, and you will be flogged in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them.And it is necessary that the gospel be preached to all nations.So when they arrest you and hand you over, don’t worry beforehand what you will say, but say whatever is given to you at that time, for it isn’t you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.“ Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.You will be hated by everyone because of my name, but the one who endures to the end will be saved.
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Acts 24:5
For we have found this man to be a plague, an agitator among all the Jews throughout the Roman world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes.
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Matthew 10:18
You will even be brought before governors and kings because of me, to bear witness to them and to the Gentiles.
