Mat 5:10-12, Act 5:41, 1Cor 4:12-13, Heb 10:33, 11:36 | 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 1 Pet. 4:13, 14, 16; See Matt. 5:12

h ch. 9:16; 21:13; [Rom. 1:5]; See John 15:21

i Lev. 24:11, 16; Phil. 2:9; 3 John 7

jSee Acts 18:3

kSee 1 Pet. 3:9

lSee John 15:20

m[Isa. 30:22; 64:6]

n Lam. 3:45

o 1 Cor. 4:9 (Gk.)

p Gen. 39:20; Jer. 20:2; 37:15

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.

Acts 5:41

41 Then they left the presence of the council, ^grejoicing that they were counted worthy ^hto suffer dishonor for ⁱthe name.

1 Corinthians 4:12-13

12 and we ^jlabor, working with our own hands. ^kWhen reviled, we bless; ^lwhen persecuted, we endure; 13 when slandered, we entreat. ^mWe have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, ⁿthe refuse of all things.

Hebrews 10:33

33 sometimes being ^opublicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.

Hebrews 11:36

36 Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even ^pchains and imprisonment.