aHeb. 11:26; 1 Pet. 4:14
bJohn 15:21
cActs 5:41; Rom. 5:3; 2 Cor. 12:10; Col. 1:11, 24; Heb. 10:34; James 1:2; 1 Pet. 4:13
dSee ch. 21:35
e[ch. 5:15]; See Matt. 5:11, 12
fRom. 5:3
g[ch. 13:4]
h[ch. 1:6; Phil. 2:17; Col. 1:24; 1 Thess. 2:8; 2 Tim. 2:10]
iSee ch. 6:11

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.

2 Corinthians 12:10

10 eFor the sake of Christ, then, fI am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For gwhen I am weak, then I am strong.

2 Corinthians 12:15

15 hI will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If iI love you more, am I to be loved less?
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