Thematic Bible: Reviling and reproaching
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Reviling and reproaching » Saints » Sometimes depressed by
Reviling and reproaching » Of Christ, predicted
Christ did not please himself, but as the Scripture says, "The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me."
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Reviling and reproaching » Saints » Return blessings for
we have worked with our hands for a living. When people abuse us, we bless them, when they persecute us, we put up with it,
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not returning evil for evil, or abuse for abuse. You must bless people instead. It is for this that you were called??o obtain blessing.
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Reviling and reproaching » Saints » Endure
It is for this that we toil and struggle, for we have fixed our hopes on the living God, the Savior of all men, especially those who believe.
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sometimes being actually exposed as a public spectacle to insults and violence, and sometimes showing yourselves ready to share the lot of those in that condition.
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Reviling and reproaching » Saints » Pray under
Reviling and reproaching » The wicked utter, against » Saints
Reviling and reproaching » Of rulers specially forbidden
But the people who stood near him said, "Do you mean to insult God's high priest?" "I did not know, brothers," said Paul, "that he was high priest, for the Scripture says, 'You shall not say anything against any ruler of your people.' "
Reviling and reproaching » The wicked utter, against » Christ
Now that the Son of Man has come, he does eat and drink, and you say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drinker, the companion of tax-collectors and irreligious people!'
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And the passers-by jeered at him, shaking their heads
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Reviling and reproaching » The wicked utter, against » God
Reviling and reproaching » Saints » Trust in God under
Reviling and reproaching » Blessedness of enduring, for Christ's sake
"Blessed are you when people abuse you, and persecute you, and falsely say everything bad of you, on my account.
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"Blessed are you when people hate you and exclude you and denounce you and spurn the name you bear as evil, on account of the Son of Man.
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Reviling and reproaching » Saints » May take pleasure in
That is why I am pleased with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties, when they are endured for Christ's sake, for it is when I am weak that I am strong.
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Reviling and reproaching » Saints » Supported under
That is why I am pleased with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties, when they are endured for Christ's sake, for it is when I am weak that I am strong.
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Reviling and reproaching » Excludes from heaven
or thieves or greedy??runkards, abusive people, robbers??ill not have any share in God's kingdom.
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Reviling and reproaching » Exemplified » Jews
And the passers-by jeered at him, shaking their heads and saying, "You who would tear down the sanctuary, and build one in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"
Reviling and reproaching » The wicked utter, against » Rulers'
especially those who yield to their physical nature and indulge in passions that defile them, and despise authority. Rash, headstrong men! They stand in no awe of majesty, but deride beings against whom even angels far superior to these beings in strength and power bring no abusive charge before the Lord.
Reviling and reproaching » Exemplified » Shimei
Reviling and reproaching » Punishment for
Reviling and reproaching » The wicked utter, against » God, by oppressing the poor
Reviling and reproaching » Exemplified » Moabites and ammonites
Reviling and reproaching » Exemplified » Joseph's brethren
Reviling and reproaching » Exemplified » Michal
Reviling and reproaching » Saints » Should expect
A pupil should be satisfied to come to be like his teacher, or a slave, to come to be like his master. If men have called the head of the house Beelzebub, how much worse names will they give to the members of his household!
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Reviling and reproaching » Happiness of enduring, for Christ's sake
If you are being abused for the sake of Christ, you are blessed, because the glorious Spirit of God is resting upon you.
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Reviling and reproaching » The conduct of Christ under
He was abused but he did not retort. He suffered but he did not threaten, but committed his case to him who judges justly.
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Reviling and reproaching » Exemplified » Sennacherib, isa 37:17
Reviling and reproaching » Saints » Should not fear
Reviling and reproaching » Ministers should not fear
Reviling and reproaching » Forbidden
not returning evil for evil, or abuse for abuse. You must bless people instead. It is for this that you were called??o obtain blessing.
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Reviling and reproaching » Exemplified » Athenian philosophers
Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers debated with him. Some of them said, "What is this rag-picker trying to make out?" Others said, "He seems to be preaching some foreign deities." This was because he was telling the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.
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Reviling and reproaching » Exemplified » Malefactor
One of the criminals who were hanging there, abused him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us too!"
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Reviling and reproaching » Saints » Endure for God's sake
Reviling and reproaching » Saints » Endure for Christ's sake
"Blessed are you when people hate you and exclude you and denounce you and spurn the name you bear as evil, on account of the Son of Man.
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