bSee Matt. 10:38, 39
tJohn 15:20; 16:33; 1 Thess. 3:3; 2 Tim. 3:12; [ch. 9:16; Mark 10:30; Luke 22:28, 29; Rom. 8:17; Phil. 1:20; 2 Thess. 1:5; 2 Tim. 2:12; 1 Pet. 5:10; Rev. 1:9]
uSee Phil. 2:19
adSee Phil. 2:16
Mark 8:34
34And calling the crowd to him with his disciples, he said to them, “If anyone would come after me, let him adeny himself and btake up his cross and follow me.John 15:18-20
The Hatred of the World
18 c“If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 dIf you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because eyou are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. 20Remember the word that I said to you: f‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, gthey will also persecute you. hIf they kept my word, they will also keep yours.John 16:2
2 iThey will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, jthe hour is coming when kwhoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.John 16:33
33I have said these things to you, that lin me you may have peace. mIn the world you will have ntribulation. But otake heart; pI have overcome the world.”Acts 14:22
22 qstrengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them rto continue in sthe faith, and saying that tthrough many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.1 Thessalonians 3:2-5
2and we usent Timothy, vour brother and God’s coworker ▼▼Some manuscripts servant
in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith, 3that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that xwe are destined for this. 4For when we were with you, we kept telling you beforehand that we were to suffer affliction, yjust as it has come to pass, and just as you know. 5For this reason, zwhen I could bear it no longer, aaI sent to learn about your faith, abfor fear that somehow acthe tempter had tempted you and adour labor would be in vain.
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