Luke 6:22

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Summary

Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.

When men

Separate

General references

John 15:18

Hebrews 13:13

Bible References

When men

Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs.

And you will be hated by all men because of my name: but he who is strong to the end will have salvation.

But take care: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins; and in Synagogues you will be whipped; and you will be taken before rulers and kings because of me, for a sign to them.

It is not possible for you to be hated by the world; but I am hated by it, because I give witness that what it does is evil.

If you are hated by the world, keep in mind that I was hated by the world before you.

I have given your word to them; and they are hated by the world, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death.

Having no fear of those who are against you; which is a clear sign of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God;

For you, my brothers, took as your examples the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; because you underwent the same things from your countrymen as they did from the Jews;

My punishments and pain; the things which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; the cruel attacks made on me: and the Lord made me free from them all.

For it is a sign of grace if a man, desiring to do right in the eyes of God, undergoes pain as punishment for something which he has not done.

But you are happy if you undergo pain because of righteousness; have no part in their fear and do not be troubled;

Dear brothers, do not be surprised, as if it was something strange, if your faith is tested as by fire:

Separate

And driving him out of the garden they put him to death. Now what will the lord do to these workmen?

Who say, Keep away, do not come near me, for fear that I make you holy: these are a smoke in my nose, a fire burning all day.

Give ear to the word of the Lord, you who are in fear at his word: your countrymen, hating you, and driving you out because of my name, have said, Let the Lord's glory be made clear, so that we may see your joy; but they will be put to shame.

They said this because of their fear of the Jews: for the Jews had come to an agreement that if any man said that Jesus was the Christ he would be put out of the Synagogue.

However, a number even of the rulers had belief in him, but because of the Pharisees they did not say so openly for fear that they might be shut out from the Synagogue:

They will put you out of the Synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever puts you to death will have the belief that he is doing God's pleasure.

And they gave him a hearing as far as this word; then with loud voices they said, Away with this man from the earth; it is not right for him to be living.

For this man, in our opinion, is a cause of trouble, a maker of attacks on the government among Jews through all the empire, and a chief mover in the society of the Nazarenes:

General references

If you are hated by the world, keep in mind that I was hated by the world before you.

Let us then go out to him outside the circle of the tents, taking his shame on ourselves.