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Matthew 11:6
and blessed is the one who isn’t offended by me.”
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Ephesians 3:17
and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love,
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Hosea 6:4
What am I going to do with you, Ephraim? What am I going to do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist and like the early dew that vanishes.
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2 Peter 1 8-2 Peter 1 9
For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being useless or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.The person who lacks these things is blind and shortsighted and has forgotten the cleansing from his past sins.
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John 15:5-7
I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without me.If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown aside like a branch and he withers. They gather them, throw them into the fire, and they are burned.If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want and it will be done for you.
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Job 19:28
If you say,“ How will we pursue him, since the root of the problem lies with him?”
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1 Peter 1 5
You are being guarded by God’s power through faith for a salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.
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Galatians 6:15
For both circumcision and uncircumcision mean nothing; what matters instead is a new creation.
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Luke 21:12-18
But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you. They will hand you over to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.This will give you an opportunity to bear witness.Therefore make up your minds not to prepare your defense ahead of time,for I will give you such words and a wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.You will even be betrayed by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends. They will kill some of you.You will be hated by everyone because of my name,but not a hair of your head will be lost.
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Luke 14:26-33
“ If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters— yes, and even his own life— he cannot be my disciple.Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.“ For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn’t first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it?Otherwise, after he has laid the foundation and cannot finish it, all the onlookers will begin to ridicule him,saying,‘ This man started to build and wasn’t able to finish.’“ Or what king, going to war against another king, will not first sit down and decide if he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand?If not, while the other is still far off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace.In the same way, therefore, every one of you who does not renounce all his possessions cannot be my disciple.
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John 6:61-65
Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples were grumbling about this, asked them,“ Does this offend you?Then what if you were to observe the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?The Spirit is the one who gives life. The flesh doesn’t help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.But there are some among you who don’t believe.”( For Jesus knew from the beginning those who did not believe and the one who would betray him.)He said,“ This is why I told you that no one can come to me unless it is granted to him by the Father.”
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Matthew 16:24-26
Then Jesus said to his disciples,“ If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will find it.For what will it benefit someone if he gains the whole world yet loses his life? Or what will anyone give in exchange for his life?
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2 Timothy 1 15
You know that all those in the province of Asia have deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes.
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John 6:26
Jesus answered,“ Truly I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs, but because you ate the loaves and were filled.
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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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2 Timothy 4 10
because Demas has deserted me, since he loved this present world, and has gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia.
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Revelation 2:13
I know where you live— where Satan’s throne is. Yet you are holding on to my name and did not deny your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness who was put to death among you, where Satan lives.
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Matthew 13:57
And they were offended by him. Jesus said to them,“ A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his household.”
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Luke 8:13
And the seed on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy. Having no root, these believe for a while and fall away in a time of testing.
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Mark 13:12-13
“ 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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1 John 2 19-1 John 2 20
They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. However, they went out so that it might be made clear that none of them belongs to us.But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
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Matthew 7:26-27
But everyone who hears these words of mine and doesn’t act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.The rain fell, the rivers rose, the winds blew and pounded that house, and it collapsed. It collapsed with a great crash.”
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Acts 8:21-23
You have no part or share in this matter, because your heart is not right before God.Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that, if possible, your heart’s intent may be forgiven.For I see you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by wickedness.”
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Matthew 26:33
Peter told him,“ Even if everyone falls away because of you, I will never fall away.”
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Matthew 10:37-39
The one who loves a father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; the one who loves a son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.And whoever doesn’t take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.Anyone who finds his life will lose it, and anyone who loses his life because of me will find it.
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Galatians 5:6
For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision accomplishes anything; what matters is faith working through love.
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Psalms 36:3
The words from his mouth are malicious and deceptive; he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.
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John 12:25-26
The one who loves his life will lose it, and the one who hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.If anyone serves me, he must follow me. Where I am, there my servant also will be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
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John 6:70-71
Jesus replied to them,“ Didn’t I choose you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil.”He was referring to Judas, Simon Iscariot’s son, one of the Twelve, because he was going to betray him.
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Philippians 1:6
I am sure of this, that he who started a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
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Hebrews 10:35-39
So don’t throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.For you need endurance, so that after you have done God’s will, you may receive what was promised.For yet in a very little while, the Coming One will come and not delay.But my righteous one will live by faith; and if he draws back, I have no pleasure in him.But we are not those who draw back and are destroyed, but those who have faith and are saved.
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Matthew 24:9-10
“ Then they will hand you over to be persecuted, and they will kill you. You will be hated by all nations because of my name.Then many will fall away, betray one another, and hate one another.
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Proverbs 12:3
No one can be made secure by wickedness, but the root of the righteous is immovable.
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Matthew 13:6
But when the sun came up, it was scorched, and since it had no root, it withered away.
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Luke 9:23-25
Then he said to them all,“ If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me.For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will save it.For what does it benefit someone if he gains the whole world, and yet loses or forfeits himself?
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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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Job 27:8-10
For what hope does the godless person have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?Will God hear his cry when distress comes on him?Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times?
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Matthew 26:31
Then Jesus said to them,“ Tonight all of you will fall away because of me, for it is written: I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.
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Mark 4:17
But they have no root; they are short-lived. When distress or persecution comes because of the word, they immediately fall away.
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Matthew 24:13
But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
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Galatians 6:12
Those who want to make a good impression in the flesh are the ones who would compel you to be circumcised— but only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.
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Proverbs 12:12
The wicked desire what evil people have caught, but the root of the righteous is productive.
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Mark 8:34-36
Calling the crowd along with his disciples, he said to them,“ If anyone wants to follow after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me and the gospel will save it.For what does it benefit someone to gain the whole world and yet lose his life?
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Matthew 7:22-23
On that day many will say to me,‘ Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, drive out demons in your name, and do many miracles in your name?’Then I will announce to them,‘ I never knew you. Depart from me, you lawbreakers!’
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Romans 2:7
eternal life to those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality;