PERSECUTION
Explore Bible verses that teach how to endure persecution and suffering for Christ. Find strength in God’s promises during times of opposition and hardship.
MATTHEW 5:44-45
Matthew 5:44: But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
Matthew 5:45: That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
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MATTHEW 23:37
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [thou] that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under [her] wings, and ye would not!
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LUKE 12:4-5
Luke 12:4: And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
Luke 12:5: But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
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REJOICING IN SUFFERING
Learn how to rejoice in suffering through Bible verses that encourage perseverance, hope, and trust in God’s good purpose even in the most challenging times.
1 PETER 2:19-21
1 Peter 2:19: For this [is] thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.
1 Peter 2:20: For what glory [is it], if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for it], ye take it patiently, this [is] acceptable with God.
1 Peter 2:21: For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
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2 CORINTHIANS 4:10-11
2 Corinthians 4:10: Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body.
2 Corinthians 4:11: For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
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REVELATION 2:10
Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast [some] of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
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TAKING UP YOUR CROSS
Explore Bible verses that speak about the call to take up your cross. Learn what it means to live a sacrificial life in obedience to Christ.
LUKE 13:23-24
Luke 13:23: Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,
Luke 13:24: # Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
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JAMES 1:12
Blessed [is] the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
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ENDURING REJECTION
Discover Bible verses that teach how to endure rejection and find comfort in God’s love and approval. Learn how to handle rejection with grace.
ROMANS 8:35-37
Romans 8:35: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? [shall] tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
Romans 8:36: As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Romans 8:37: Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
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JOHN 14:17
[Even] the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
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MATTHEW 5:11-12
Matthew 5:11: Blessed are ye, when [men] shall revile you, and persecute [you], and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Matthew 5:12: Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great [is] your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
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SHARING IN CHRISTS SUFFERINGS
Learn about the privilege of sharing in Christ’s sufferings. Explore Bible verses that encourage us to rejoice in the fellowship of His sufferings and grow closer to Him.
1 PETER 3:14
But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy [are ye]: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
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JOHN 12:24
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
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1 PETER 1:6-7
1 Peter 1:6: Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
1 Peter 1:7: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:
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