Isa 57:2, Mat 5:10-12, Luk 16:25, Rom 8:17, 2Cor 4:17, 2Ti 2:12 | ESV | STEP | he enters into peace ; they rest in their beds who walk in their uprightness .

a[Luke 2:29]

b 2 Chr. 16:14; Ezek. 32:25

c 2 Tim. 2:12; James 5:11; 1 Pet. 3:14

d[See ver. 3 above]

e Heb. 11:26; 1 Pet. 4:14

f John 15:21

g Acts 5:41; Rom. 5:3; 2 Cor. 12:10; Col. 1:11, 24; Heb. 10:34; James 1:2; 1 Pet. 4:13

hSee ch. 21:35

i[ch. 6:24; Job 21:13; Ps. 17:14]

j Gal. 3:29; 4:7; Titus 3:7

k 2 Cor. 1:7; 2 Tim. 2:12; See Acts 14:22

l Rom. 8:18; 1 Pet. 1:6; 5:10; [Ps. 30:5; Isa. 54:7]

m[2 Thess. 1:4, 5]; See Rom. 8:17; Heb. 10:36; Rev. 20:4

nSee Matt. 10:33

Isaiah 57:2

2 ^ahe enters into peace;
they rest ^bin their beds
who walk in their uprightness.

Matthew 5:10-12

10 ^c“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for ^dtheirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11 ^e“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely ^fon my account. 12 ^gRejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for ^hso they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Luke 16:25

25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that ⁱyou in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish.

Romans 8:17

17 and if children, then ^jheirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, ^kprovided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

2 Corinthians 4:17

17 For ^lthis light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison,

2 Timothy 2:12

12 ^mif we endure, we will also reign with him;
ⁿif we deny him, he also will deny us;