Mat 5:12, 2Cor 12:10, Phili 1:29, Jam 1:2, 1Pe 4:13-16 | ESV | STEP | Rejoice and be glad , for your reward is great in heaven , for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you .

g[See ver. 28 above]

hSee Matt. 5:12

j 1 Pet. 1:6

k Phil. 3:10, 11; See Acts 5:41

l[ch. 1:5-7; 5:1; Rom. 8:17, 18; Jude 24]

m Ps. 89:51; Matt. 5:11

n John 15:21; [Heb. 11:26]

p ch. 2:19, 20; 3:14, 17

q 1 Thess. 4:11; 2 Thess. 3:11; 1 Tim. 5:13

r[See ver. 15 above]

sSee Acts 26:28

t[See ver. 14 above]

Matthew 5:12

12 ^aRejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for ^bso they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

2 Corinthians 12:10

10 ^cFor the sake of Christ, then, ^dI am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For ^ewhen I am weak, then I am strong.

Philippians 1:29

29 For ^fit has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also ^gsuffer for his sake,

James 1:2

Testing of Your Faith

2 ^hCount it all joy, my brothers, ^{▼▼Or brothers and sisters. The plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) refers to siblings in a family. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, adelphoi may refer either to men or to both men and women who are siblings (brothers and sisters) in God’s family, the church; also verses 16, 19} when you meet trials ^jof various kinds,

1 Peter 4:13-16

13 But rejoice ^kinsofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad ^lwhen his glory is revealed. 14 ^mIf you are insulted ⁿfor the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory ^{▼▼Some manuscripts insert and of power} and of God rests upon you. 15 But ^plet none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or ^qas a meddler. 16 Yet ^rif anyone suffers as a ^sChristian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God ^tin that name.