Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to yo
But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”
They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a
For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own
You who tremble at His word, hear the word of the LORD: “Your brothers who hate you and exclude you because of My name h
The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.
without being frightened in any way by those who oppose you. This is a clear sign of their destruction but of your salva
my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet
Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him. But because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that
For if anyone endures the pain of unjust suffering because he is conscious of God, this is to be commended.
We have found this man to be a pestilence, stirring up dissension among the Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader
I have given them Your word and the world has hated them. For they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for My sake will find it.
So be on your guard. You will be delivered over to the councils and beaten in the synagogues. On My account you will sta
They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fir
I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”
They replied, “You were born in utter sin, and you are instructing us?” And they threw him out.
So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them?
If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of
And you will be hated by everyone because of My name.
Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more im