Matthew 5:11-12
11 a“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely bon my account. 12 cRejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for dso they persecuted the prophets who were before you.Matthew 10:25
25It is enough for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant like his master. eIf they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign ▼▼Greek lacks will they malign
those of his household. Acts 6:3
3 gTherefore, brothers, ▼▼Or brothers and sisters
pick out from among you seven men iof good repute, jfull of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty. Acts 10:22
22And they said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and kGod-fearing man, who is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by la holy angel to send for you to come to his house and mto hear what you have to say.”Acts 22:12
12“And none Ananias, a devout man oaccording to the law, pwell spoken of by all the Jews who lived there,Acts 24:5
5For we have found this man a plague, qone who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world and is a ringleader of rthe sect of the Nazarenes.Acts 28:22
22But we desire to hear from you what your views are, for with regard to this ssect we know that everywhere tit is spoken against.”Romans 3:8
8And why not udo evil that good may come?—as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.1 Timothy 3:7
7Moreover, he must be well thought of by voutsiders, so that he may not fall into disgrace, into wa snare of the devil.
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