Persecution

and all also who will to live piously in Christ Jesus shall be persecuted,

if the world doth hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before you;

`Happy those persecuted for righteousness' sake--because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

but I--I say to you, Love your enemies, bless those cursing you, do good to those hating you, and pray for those accusing you falsely, and persecuting you,

Beloved, think it not strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening to you, — read the full passage →

wherefore I am well pleased in infirmities, in damages, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses--for Christ; for whenever I am infirm, then I am powerful;

`Happy are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach, and shall cast forth your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake--

`Happy those persecuted for righteousness' sake--because theirs is the reign of the heavens. — read the full passage →

for <FI>it is<Fi> better doing good, if the will of God will it, to suffer, than doing evil;

but if ye also should suffer because of righteousness, happy <FI>are ye<Fi> ! and of their fear be not afraid, nor be troubled,

Bless those persecuting you; bless, and curse not;

Who shall separate us from the love of the Christ? tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Do not wonder, my brethren, if the world doth hate you;

`Remember the word that I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; if me they did persecute, you also they will persecute; if my word they did keep, yours also they will keep;

having a good conscience, that in that in which they speak against you as evil-doers, they may be ashamed who are traducing your good behaviour in Christ;

these things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace, in the world ye shall have tribulation, but take courage--I have overcome the world.'

Also--when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou <FI>art<Fi> with me, Thy rod and Thy staff--they comfort me.

and if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; and let him glorify God in this respect;

so that also those suffering according to the will of god, as to a stedfast Creator, let them commit their own souls in good doing.

confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting to remain in the faith, and that through many tribulations it behoveth us to enter into the reign of God,

`Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake--

if of the world ye were, the world its own would have been loving, and because of the world ye are not--but I chose out of the world--because of this the world hateth you.

Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,

giving back to no one evil for evil; providing right things before all men. — read the full passage →

And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony that they held, — read the full passage →

And I, brethren, if uncircumcision I yet preach, why yet am I persecuted? then hath the stumbling-block of the cross been done away;

on every side being in tribulation, but not straitened; perplexed, but not in despair; — read the full passage →

`Be not afraid of the things that thou art about to suffer; lo, the devil is about to cast of you to prison, that ye may be tried, and ye shall have tribulation ten days; become thou faithful unto death, and I will give to thee the crown of the life.

And Jesus answering said, `Verily I say to you, there is no one who left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or fields, for my sake, and for the good news', — read the full passage →

In Thy hand <FI>are<Fi> my times, Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from my pursuers.

And Saul was assenting to his death, and there came in that day a great persecution upon the assembly in Jerusalem, all also were scattered abroad in the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles;

and have not root in themselves, but are temporary; afterward tribulation or persecution having come because of the word, immediately they are stumbled.

I, John, who also <FI>am<Fi> your brother, and fellow-partner in the tribulation, and in the reign and endurance, of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, because of the word of God, and because of the testimony of Jesus Christ;

out of the synagogues they will put you; but an hour doth come, that every one who hath killed you, may think to offer service unto God;

and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved.

Beloved, think it not strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening to you, — read the full passage →

Who shall separate us from the love of the Christ? tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? — read the full passage →

if the world doth hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before you; — read the full passage →

because to you it was granted, on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also on behalf of him to suffer;

and he hath not root in himself, but is temporary, and persecution or tribulation having happened because of the word, immediately he is stumbled.

who may not receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and fields, with persecutions, and in the age that is coming, life age-during;

See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;

And Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> with me, as a terrible mighty one, Therefore my persecutors stumble and prevail not, They have been exceedingly ashamed, For they have not acted wisely, Confusion age-during is not forgotten.

I have given to them Thy word, and the world did hate them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world;

Who shall separate us from the love of the Christ? tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? — read the full passage →

because the mind of the flesh <FI>is<Fi> enmity to God, for to the law of God it doth not subject itself,

for consider again him who endured such gainsaying from the sinners to himself, that ye may not be wearied in your souls--being faint.

Beloved, think it not strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening to you,

if the world doth hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before you; — read the full passage →

And I saw the woman drunken from the blood of the saints, and from the blood of the witnesses of Jesus, and I did wonder--having seen her--with great wonder;

Those, indeed, therefore, having been scattered abroad, from the tribulation that came after Stephen, went through unto Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none except to Jews only;

on every side being in tribulation, but not straitened; perplexed, but not in despair; — read the full passage →

`And that sown on the rocky places, this is he who is hearing the word, and immediately with joy is receiving it, — read the full passage →

And the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the first men of the city, and did raise persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and did put them out from their borders;

And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given to them, and the souls of those who have been beheaded because of the testimony of Jesus, and because of the word of God, and who did not bow before the beast, nor his image, and did not receive the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand, and they did live and reign with Christ the thousand years;

And I wish you to know, brethren, that the things concerning me, rather to an advancement of the good news have come, — read the full passage →

Many <FI>are<Fi> the evils of the righteous, Out of them all doth Jehovah deliver him.

A Psalm of David. Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> my shepherd, I do not lack, — read the full passage →

Beloved, think it not strange at the fiery suffering among you that is coming to try you, as if a strange thing were happening to you, — read the full passage →

And thou--thou hast followed after my teaching, manner of life, purpose, faith, long-suffering, love, endurance, — read the full passage →

`These things I have spoken to you, that ye may not be stumbled, — read the full passage →

Christ, then, having suffered for us in the flesh, ye also with the same mind arm yourselves, because he who did suffer in the flesh hath done with sin,

He who is dwelling In the secret place of the Most High, In the shade of the Mighty lodgeth habitually, — read the full passage →

and they were crying with a great voice, saying, `Till when, O Master, the Holy and the True, dost Thou not judge and take vengeance of our blood from those dwelling upon the land?'

but as then he who was born according to the flesh did persecute him according to the spirit, so also now;

Having proclaimed good news also to that city, and having discipled many, they turned back to Lystra, and Iconium, and Antioch, — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end--he shall be saved.

and they were stoning Stephen, calling and saying, `Lord Jesus, receive my spirit;' — read the full passage →

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

in your patience possess ye your souls.

Who hath given credence to that which we heard? And the arm of Jehovah, On whom hath it been revealed? — read the full passage →

`Because of this, lo, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes, and of them ye will kill and crucify, and of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and will pursue from city to city;

They have hated a reprover in the gate, And a plain speaker they abominate.

Through the pride of the wicked, Is the poor inflamed, They are caught in devices that they devised.

and I have said to him, `Sir, thou hast known;' and he said to me, `These are those who are coming out of the great tribulation, and they did wash their robes, and they made their robes white in the blood of the Lamb;

and if children, also heirs, heirs, indeed, of God, and heirs together of Christ--if, indeed, we suffer together, that we may also be glorified together.

`And to the messenger of the assembly of the Smyrneans write: These things saith the First and the Last, who did become dead and did live; — read the full passage →

according to zeal persecuting the assembly! according to righteousness that is in law becoming blameless!

`And when they may lead you, delivering up, be not anxious beforehand what ye may speak, nor premeditate, but whatever may be given to you in that hour, that speak ye, for it is not ye who are speaking, but the Holy Spirit. — read the full passage →

`Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake-- — read the full passage →

rejoice ye and be glad, because your reward <FI>is<Fi> great in the heavens, for thus did they persecute the prophets who were before you.

rejoice in that day, and leap, for lo, your reward <FI>is<Fi> great in the heaven, for according to these things were their fathers doing to the prophets.

From that time began Jesus to proclaim and to say, `Reform ye, for come nigh hath the reign of the heavens.'

And hearing these things, they were cut to the hearts, and did gnash the teeth at him; — read the full passage →

and before all these, they shall lay on you their hands, and persecute, delivering up to synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and governors for my name's sake;

therefore thou mayest not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but do thou suffer evil along with the good news according to the power of God,

and before all these, they shall lay on you their hands, and persecute, delivering up to synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and governors for my name's sake; — read the full passage →

I have known thy works, and tribulation, and poverty--yet thou art rich--and the evil-speaking of those saying themselves to be Jews, and are not, but <FI>are<Fi> a synagogue of the Adversary.

if of the world ye were, the world its own would have been loving, and because of the world ye are not--but I chose out of the world--because of this the world hateth you. — read the full passage →

and it shall become to you for a testimony. — read the full passage →

for I bear them testimony that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge,

I fell also to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why me dost thou persecute?

for there shall be then great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the world till now, no, nor may be.

which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed those who declared before about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye betrayers and murderers have become,

A Psalm of David, in his fleeing from the face of Absalom his son. Jehovah, how have my distresses multiplied! Many are rising up against me. — read the full passage →

in which they think it strange--your not running with them to the same excess of dissoluteness, speaking evil,

An example take ye of the suffering of evil, my brethren, and of the patience, the prophets who did speak in the name of the Lord;

And not only <FI>so<Fi> , but we also boast in the tribulations, knowing that the tribulation doth work endurance;

if ye be reproached in the name of Christ--happy <FI>are ye<Fi> , because the Spirit of glory and of God upon you doth rest; in regard, indeed, to them, he is evil-spoken of, and in regard to you, he is glorified;