a2 Tim. 2:12; James 5:11; 1 Pet. 3:14
b[See ver. 3 above]
c[Prov. 16:7]
dch. 2:20; [ch. 4:15, 16]
ech. 2:21; 4:1; See Rom. 4:25
gHeb. 9:26, 28
hRom. 5:2
ich. 4:1; Col. 1:22; [2 Cor. 13:4]
jch. 4:6
kPs. 89:51; Matt. 5:11
lJohn 15:21; [Heb. 11:26]
nch. 2:19, 20; 3:14, 17
o1 Thess. 4:11; 2 Thess. 3:11; 1 Tim. 5:13
p[See ver. 15 above]
qSee Acts 26:28
r[See ver. 14 above]
sGen. 4:4, 8; Heb. 11:4; Jude 11
tPs. 38:20; Prov. 29:10

Matthew 5:10

10 a“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for btheirs is the kingdom of heaven.

John 10:32

32Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?”

1 Peter 3:13

13Now cwho is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good?

1 Peter 3:17-18

17For dit is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.

18For Christ also esuffered ▼
▼Some manuscripts died
 gonce for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, hthat he might bring us to God, being put to death iin the flesh but made alive jin the spirit,

1 Peter 4:14-16

14 kIf you are insulted lfor 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 nlet none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or oas a meddler. 16Yet pif anyone suffers as a qChristian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God rin that name.

1 John 3:12

12We should not be like sCain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? tBecause his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteous.
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