1 Corinthians 4:12

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1 Corinthians 4:12

And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

Labour

Being reviled

Being persecuted

Matthew 5:11

1 Peter 3:14

1 Peter 4:12

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Labour

Or I only and Barnabas, have we not a right to forbear working?

and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought, for by their trade they were tentmakers.

Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

neither did we eat bread for nought at any man's hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:

For to this end we labor and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of them that believe.

Being reviled

but I say unto you, love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;

bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you.

And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And parting his garments among them, they cast lots.

And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

Bless them that persecute you; bless, and curse not.

who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:

not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

But Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing judgment, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.

Being persecuted

Blessed are ye when men'shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

But even if ye should suffer for righteousness'sake, blessed are ye: and fear not their fear, neither be troubled;

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which cometh upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened unto you:

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The troubles of my heart are enlarged: Oh bring thou me out of my distresses.

I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.

but I say unto you, love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;

Bless them that persecute you; bless, and curse not.

And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

Let us therefore go forth unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.