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 things that are despised has God chosen, and things that are not, to destroy things that are,
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being defamed we entreat; we are made like the offscouring of the world and the vilest of all things, even till now.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Persecution » General references to
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Persecution » Predicted concerning the church
Fear not what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast 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 shall deliver you to affliction, and kill you, and you shall be hated by all nations on my account;
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But beware of men; for they will deliver you to Sanhedrims, and scourge you in their synagogues,
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But before all these things they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, committing you to synagogues and prisons, to be brought before kings and governors on my account;
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Remember the word which I said to you, a servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will also keep yours.
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They shall put you out of the synagogues; but the hour is coming when every one that kills you will think he renders God a service.
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And all who will live piously in Christ Jesus shall 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 reproached for the name of Christ, happy are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
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Blessed are you when men shall hate you, and when they shall exclude you from their company, and reproach and cast out your names as evil, on account of the Son of man.
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judging the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he had respect to the reward.
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For to this end we also labor and suffer reproach, because we hope in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, especially of the faithful.
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partly in being made a spectacle by reproaches and afflictions, and partly being companions of those so treated.
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Let us therefore go out to him without the encampment, bearing his reproach;
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Martyrdom » General references to
But Paul answered, What do you do, to weep and break my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.
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And if I deal out all my property to feed the poor, and if I deliver my body to be burned, and have not love, I shall not be profited.
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And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus and the word of God, and who did not worship the beast nor his image and did not receive the mark on their forehead and on their right hand; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years;
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And a brother shall deliver a brother to death, and a father a son; and children shall rise up against their parents and put them to death;
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And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those killed for the word of God and for the testimony which they had.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Persecution » Of Christ
And Herod, with his soldiers, treated him with contempt, and mocked him, and put on him a splendid garment, and sent him back to Pilate.
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and on this account the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he had done these things on the sabbath.
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and they arose and cast him out of the city, and led him even to the brow of the mountain on which the city was built, to precipitate him down.
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And after these things 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 children of Abraham; but you seek to kill me because my word has no place in you.
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Then they sought again to take him by force; and he escaped out of their hand.
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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 standing by to strike him on the mouth.
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And they spit on him, and took the reed and beat him on his head.
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He having said these things, one of the officers who stood by gave Jesus a blow, 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
because it was given to you 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 always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
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Most gladly, therefore, will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Wherefore I am well pleased with infirmities, with injuries, with necessities, with persecutions, with distresses for Christ; for when I am weak, then am I strong.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of
And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
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they were stoned, they were cut to pieces with saws, they were tried, they died with the death of the sword, they wandered about in sheep-skins and goat-skins, destitute, afflicted, injuriously treated,
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And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those killed for the word of God and for the testimony which they had.
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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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For we are foolish for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; and you are glorious, but we are infamous.
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Of the jews smiting of the righteous » Upon the cheek
to him that strikes you on the cheek, present also the other; and forbid not him who takes away your cloak to take your coat also.
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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 whoever has left brothers or sisters, or a father or mother, or children, or lands or houses, for my name's sake, shall receive many times as much, 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 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 shall be hated by all men for my sake. 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 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 Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the house. 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 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 sending an executioner, commanded him to bring his head. And he went out and beheaded him in the prison,
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Suffering for righteousness' sake » Examples of » Stephen
and casting him out of the city, stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul,
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