Thematic Bible: Suffering for righteousness' sake
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Saints despised
and the ignoble things of the world, and the things that are despised, has God chosen, and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought things that are;
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when defamed, we entreat; we have become like the outcasts of the world, the offscouring of all things to this day.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Persecution » General references to
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Persecution » Predicted concerning the church
Fear none of the things which you are about to suffer; behold, the devil will throw some of you into prison, that you may be tried: and you shall have affliction ten days. Be faithful till death, and I will give you the crown of life.
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Then they will deliver you up to affliction, and kill you; and you will be hated by all nations on my account.
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But beware of men: for they will deliver you to the councils, and scourge you in their synagogues;
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But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues, and into prisons, after being brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.
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Remember the word which I spoke to you, The servant is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.
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They will put you out of the synagogues; in deed, the time is coming, when he that kills you, will think that he is offering service to God.
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And all that will live godly in Christ Jesus, shall suffer persecution.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Reproach suffered
If you are reproached on account of Christ, happy are you: for the glorious Spirit of God rests upon you. On their part he is reviled, but on your part he is glorified:
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Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and shall withdraw themselves from you, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, on account of the Son of man.
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esteeming the reproach on account of the Christ as greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he earnestly looked to the reward.
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for to this end we both labor, and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.
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partly, while you became a public spectacle, by reproaches and afflictions: partly, while you became partakers with those who were so treated.
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Therefore, let us go forth to him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Martyrdom » General references to
But Paul answered: What do you effect by weeping, and breaking my heart? For I am ready, not only to be bound, but also to suffer death in Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.
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And though I give all my goods to feed the poor, and though I deliver up my body to be burned, and have not love, I am profited nothing.
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And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and the power of judging was given to them; and I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God; and of those who had not worshiped the beast, nor his image, and had not received his mark on their forehead, nor on their hand: and they lived and reigned with Christ a thou sand years.
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Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father the child; and children will rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
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And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they had borne:
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Persecution » Of Christ
But Herod and his guards treated him with contempt; and having mocked him, and put on him a gaudy robe, he sent him back to Pilate.
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And for this reason did the Jews persecute Jesus, and seek to kill him, because he had done these things on the sabbath.
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and arose, and drove him out of the city, and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw him down headlong.
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And after this Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
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I know that you are the posterity of Abraham; yet you seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you.
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Then they sought again to take him, but he escaped from their hands.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Of the jews smiting of the righteous » General references to
And the chief priest, Ananias, commanded those who stood by to smite him on the mouth.
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And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and struck him on the head.
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When he had spoken thus, one of the attendants, who was standing by, struck Jesus with his open hand, saying: Do you answer the chief priest thus?
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » death
For to you it is given in behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but, also, to suffer for him,
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For we who live are continually delivered up to death for Jesus sake, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
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For this reason, I take pleasure in infirmities, in outrages, in necessities, in persecutions, in straits, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of
And he slew with the sword James the brother of John.
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They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they were tempted, they were slain with the sword: they went about in. sheep-skins, in goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted, oppressed with evils,
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And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they had borne:
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Loss of reputation
For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants, for Jesus sake.
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We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honored, but we are despised.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Of the jews smiting of the righteous » Upon the cheek
To him that strikes you on one cheek, offer also the other; and from him that takes away your mantle, withhold not your coat.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of » Zechariah
Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Renunciation of worldly treasures
And every one that has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundred fold, and shall inherit eternal life. But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Loss of life
He that finds his life shall lose it; and he that loses his life for my sake, shall find it.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Hatred
And you will be hated by all men on my account: but he that endures to the end shall be saved.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Persecution
Blessed are you, when they shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say every evil thing against you, falsely, on my account.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of » Abel
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the temple; yes, I say to you, It shall be required of this generation.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » For Christ's sake some trials believers may be called upon to endure » Suffering
For I will show him what great things he must suffer for my name.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of » John the baptist
And the king immediately sent one of his guards, and commanded his head to be brought.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of » Stephen
and drove him out of the city, and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul.
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