Luke 6:22

22Blessed are you when apeople hate you and when they bexclude you and revile you and cspurn your name as evil, don account of the Son of Man!

Acts 5:40-41

40and ewhen they had called in the apostles, fthey beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 41Then they left the presence of the council, grejoicing that they were counted worthy hto suffer dishonor for ithe name.

1 Corinthians 4:10-13

10 jWe are fools for Christ’s sake, but kyou are wise in Christ. lWe are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. 11To the present hour mwe hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and nbuffeted and ohomeless, 12and we plabor, working with our own hands. qWhen reviled, we bless; rwhen persecuted, we endure; 13when slandered, we entreat. sWe have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, tthe refuse of all things.

Hebrews 11:36-37

36Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even uchains and imprisonment. 37 vThey were stoned, they were sawn in two,
Some manuscripts add they were tempted
xthey were killed with the sword. yThey went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated

Hebrews 12:2

2looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, zwho for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising aathe shame, and abis seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

1 Peter 4:14-16

14 acIf you are insulted adfor the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory
Some manuscripts insert and of power
and of God rests upon you.
15But aflet none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or agas a meddler. 16Yet ahif anyone suffers as a aiChristian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God ajin that name.
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