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
God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,
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when we are slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become, and are now, as the scum of the world, the refuse of all things.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Persecution » General references to
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Persecution » Predicted concerning the church
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and for ten days you will have tribulation. Be faithful even until death, and I will give you the crown of life.
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Then they will deliver you up to tribulation, and put you to death; and you will be hated by all nations for my name's sake.
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But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils and flog you in their synagogues.
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But before all this, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons. And you will be brought before kings and governors for my name's sake.
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Remember the word that I said to you, 'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
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They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
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Indeed all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
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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 insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
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Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude you and revile you, and cast out your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.
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He considered abuse suffered for the Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.
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For to this end we labor and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.
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sometimes being publicly exposed to insult and persecution; and at other times standing side by side with those who were so treated.
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Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Martyrdom » General references to
Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."
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If I give all I have to the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
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Then I saw thrones, and seated on them were those to whom judgment was given. Also I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony to Jesus and because of the word of God, and who had not worshipped the beast or his image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or their hands. They came to life, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
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Now brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.
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When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained;
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Persecution » Of Christ
And Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him; then, dressing him in a gorgeous robe, he sent him back to Pilate.
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For this reason the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.
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And they rose up and cast him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw him down the cliff.
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After this Jesus went about in Galilee; he would not go about in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
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I know that you are Abraham's descendants, yet you seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you.
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Again they tried to seize 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
The high priest Ananias commanded those standing beside him to strike him on the mouth.
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And they spat on him, and took the reed and struck him on the head.
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And when he had said this, one of the officers standing by struck Jesus with his hand, saying, "Is that the way you answer the high priest?"
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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 has been granted for the sake of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for his sake,
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For we who live are always being given up to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
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That is why, for Christ's sake, I am content in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties; for when I am weak, then I am strong.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of
He had James the brother of John put to death with the sword.
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They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword; they went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, ill-treated
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When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained;
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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 do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as 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 distinguished, but we are without honor.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Of the jews smiting of the righteous » Upon the cheek
To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic.
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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 who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life.
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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 who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for my sake will 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 for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will 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 revile you and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for my sake.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of » Abel
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell 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 how much he must suffer for the sake of my name."
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of » John the baptist
And immediately the king sent an executioner and gave orders to bring his head. He went and beheaded him in the prison,
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of » Stephen
Then they cast him out of the city and began to stone him; and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
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