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
eSee ch. 21:13
f2 Tim. 4:7
gch. 1:17; 1 Tim. 1:12
hGal. 1:1; 1 Thess. 2:4; [ch. 26:16; Titus 1:3]
iver. 21
jch. 15:7
k[ver. 32; 1 Tim. 1:14]; See ch. 11:23
lRom. 8:18; 1 Pet. 1:6; 5:10; [Ps. 30:5; Isa. 54:7]
mch. 5:7; Rom. 8:24; Heb. 11:1, 13
n[Job 36:21; Ps. 84:10]
o1 John 2:17
pch. 13:13; [Ps. 89:50, 51; Phil. 3:7, 8; 1 Pet. 4:14]
qch. 2:2; 10:35
r1 Kgs. 17:22; 2 Kgs. 4:35
sJames 1:2; [ch. 4:12]
tJames 1:3
uJob 23:10; Ps. 66:10; Prov. 17:3; Isa. 48:10
v1 Cor. 3:13
wRom. 2:7, 10; 1 Cor. 4:5; [2 Thess. 1:7-12]

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.

Acts 20:24

24But eI do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only fI may finish my course and gthe ministry hthat I received from the Lord Jesus, ito testify to jthe gospel of kthe grace of God.

2 Corinthians 4:17-18

17For lthis light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, 18 mas we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

Hebrews 11:25-26

25 nchoosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy othe fleeting pleasures of sin. 26 pHe considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to qthe reward.

Hebrews 11:35

35 rWomen received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life.

1 Peter 1:6-7

6In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by svarious trials, 7so that tthe tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes uthough it is tested by vfire—may be found to result in wpraise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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