a2 Tim. 2:12; James 5:11; 1 Pet. 3:14
b[See ver. 3 above]
cHeb. 11:26; 1 Pet. 4:14
dJohn 15:21
eActs 5:41; Rom. 5:3; 2 Cor. 12:10; Col. 1:11, 24; Heb. 10:34; James 1:2; 1 Pet. 4:13
fSee ch. 21:35
gIsa. 8:12, 13; 51:12, 13; Jer. 1:8; 1 Pet. 3:14
hJames 4:12
kSee 1 Sam. 14:45
lch. 6:26; 12:12
mFor ver. 12-17, [Matt. 10:17-22]
nActs 22:19; 26:11
oActs 4:3; 5:18; 8:3; 12:4; 16:24; 24:27; 2 Cor. 11:23
pSee Acts 16:19
q[Acts 27:24]
rActs 17:6; 18:12; 24:1; 25:6
s[Phil. 1:13, 14, 19]
tch. 12:11
u[Ex. 4:12; Jer. 1:9]
vActs 6:10
w[Acts 4:14]
x[ch. 12:53; Matt. 10:35]
zJohn 15:18-21; [ch. 6:22]
aa[ver. 16; John 10:28]; See 1 Sam. 14:45
abSee ch. 14:27; Col. 3:15
ac[ch. 15:18-21]
adRev. 1:9; See Acts 14:22
aech. 14:1, 27
af[Rom. 8:37; 1 John 4:4; 5:4, 5; Rev. 3:21; 12:11]
agch. 15:32, 41; [ch. 18:23; 1 Thess. 3:2, 13]
ahch. 13:43; Col. 1:23
aiSee ch. 6:7
ajJohn 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]
akSee Matt. 5:12
alSee Luke 21:19; James 1:3
amPs. 119:116; Phil. 1:20
anActs 2:17, 18, 33; Titus 3:6; [Gal. 4:6]
aoGal. 3:29; 4:7; Titus 3:7
ap2 Cor. 1:7; 2 Tim. 2:12; See Acts 14:22

Matthew 5:10-12

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

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

Matthew 10:28-31

28And gdo not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him hwho can destroy both soul and body in hell. ▼
▼Greek Gehenna
 29Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? ▼
▼Greek assarion, Roman copper coin (Latin quadrans) worth about 1/16 of a denarius (which was a day’s wage for a laborer)
 And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. 30But keven the hairs of your head are all numbered. 31Fear not, therefore; lyou are of more value than many sparrows.

Luke 21:12-18

12But before all this mthey will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to nthe synagogues and oprisons, and you pwill be brought before qkings and rgovernors for my name’s sake. 13 sThis will be your opportunity to bear witness. 14Settle it therefore in your minds tnot to meditate beforehand how to answer, 15for uI will give you a mouth and vwisdom, which none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or wcontradict. 16You will be delivered up xeven by parents and brothers ▼
▼Or  parents and brothers and sisters
 and relatives and friends, and some of you they will put to death. 17 zYou will be hated by all for my name’s sake. 18But aanot a hair of your head will perish.

John 16:33

33I have said these things to you, that abin me you may have peace. acIn the world you will have adtribulation. But aetake heart; afI have overcome the world.”

Acts 14:22

22 agstrengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them ahto continue in aithe faith, and saying that ajthrough many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.

Romans 5:3-5

3Not only that, but we akrejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering alproduces endurance, 4and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5and amhope does not put us to shame, because God’s love anhas been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Romans 8:17

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

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