aHeb. 11:26; 1 Pet. 4:14
bJohn 15:21
cch. 1:8, 12
dSee Phil. 1:7
e[ch. 4:17]; See Phil. 1:13
fch. 3:17, 18; 4:13, 16

Matthew 5:11

11 a“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely bon my account.

2 Timothy 2:9

9 cfor which I am suffering, dbound with chains as a criminal. But ethe word of God is not bound!

1 Peter 2:20

20For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But fif when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.
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