Mat 5:10-12, 1Pe 1:4-6 | ESV | STEP | Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness ’ sake , for theirs is the kingdom of heaven .

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

b[See ver. 3 above]

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

d John 15:21

e Acts 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

g Rom. 8:17

h[ch. 5:4]

i[Col. 1:5; 2 Tim. 4:8]

j Eph. 2:8

k[ch. 5:10; Rom. 8:18; 2 Cor. 4:17; Heb. 12:11]

l James 1:2; [ch. 4:12]

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.

1 Peter 1:4-6

4 to ^gan inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and ^hunfading, ⁱkept in heaven for you, 5 who by God’s power are being guarded ^jthrough faith for a salvation ^kready to be revealed in the last time. 6 In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by ^lvarious trials,