(NIV)
The
Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies who hate and persecute you.
And the
Lord your
God will
put all these
curses on your
foes and
enemies who persecuted you.
(NIV)
All your commands are trustworthy;
help me, for I am being persecuted without cause.
All your
commandments are
sure;
they
persecute me with
falsehood;
help me!
(NIV)
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
(ESV)
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
(NIV)
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
(ESV)
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
(NIV)
When you are persecuted in one place, flee to another. Truly I tell you, you will not finish going through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
(ESV)
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
(NIV)
‘Then you will be handed over to be persecuted and put to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of me.
(ESV)
“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.
(NIV)
Remember what I told you: “A servant is not greater than his master.” If they persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours also.
(ESV)
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 also keep yours.
(NIV)
I persecuted the followers of this Way to their death, arresting both men and women and throwing them into prison,
I
persecuted this Way to the
death,
binding and delivering to prison both men and women,
(NIV)
Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished, and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was so obsessed with persecuting them that I even hunted them down in foreign cities.
And I
punished them often in all the
synagogues and tried to
make them
blaspheme,
and in
raging fury against
them I
persecuted them
even to foreign cities.
(NIV)
We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
and we
labor,
working with our
own hands.
When
reviled, we
bless;
when
persecuted, we
endure;
(NIV)
For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
For I am the
least of the
apostles,
unworthy to be
called an
apostle,
because I
persecuted the
church of
God.
(NIV)
persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed.
persecuted,
but not forsaken;
struck down,
but not destroyed;
(NIV)
For you have heard of my previous way of life in Judaism, how intensely I persecuted the church of God and tried to destroy it.
For you have
heard of
my former life in Judaism,
how I
persecuted the
church of
God violently and tried to
destroy it.
(NIV)
They only heard the report: ‘The man who formerly persecuted us is now preaching the faith he once tried to destroy.’
They only were hearing it said, “He who
used to persecute us is
now preaching the
faith he
once tried to
destroy.”
(NIV)
At that time the son born according to the flesh persecuted the son born by the power of the Spirit. It is the same now.
But just
as at that
time he who was
born according to the
flesh persecuted him who was born
according to the
Spirit,
so also it is
now.
(NIV)
Brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offence of the cross has been abolished.
But if I,
brothers,
still preach circumcision,
why am I
still being
persecuted? In that
case the
offense of the
cross has been
removed.
(NIV)
Those who want to impress people by means of the flesh are trying to compel you to be circumcised. The only reason they do this is to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.
It is those
who want to make a
good showing in the
flesh who would
force you to be
circumcised, and
only in
order that they may
not be
persecuted for the
cross of
Christ.
(NIV)
In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know.
For when we
were with you, we kept
telling you beforehand that we were
to suffer affliction,
just as it has come to
pass,
and just as you
know.
(NIV)
In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
Indeed,
all who
desire to
live a
godly life
in Christ Jesus will be
persecuted,
(NIV)
They were put to death by stoning; they were sawn in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and ill-treated –
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,
mistreated—
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