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Philippians 1:29 “For it has been granted to you on behalf of
Christ not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for him...”
Genesis 3:15 “And I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you
will strike his heel.”
Matthew 23:35 “And so upon you will come all the righteous blood
that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the
blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the
temple and the altar.”
1 John 3:12 “Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one
and murdered his brother.And why did he murder him? Because his own
actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.”
1 John 3: 13 “Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world
hates you.”
Matthew 16:24 “If anyone would come after me, let him deny
himself and take up his cross and follow me”
Matthew 16:21 “From that time on Jesus began to explain to his
disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the
hands of the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he
must be killed and on the third day be raised to life.”
Acts 9:16 “I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.”
Acts 14:22 “‘We must go through many hardships to enter the
kingdom of God,’ they said.”
1Thessalonians 3:3 “so that no one would be unsettled by these
trials. You know quite well that we were destined for them.”
1Peter 2:21 “To this you were called, because Christ suffered for
you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps.”
1Peter 3:9,17 “Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult,
but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may
inherit a blessing...It is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for
doing good than for doing evil.”
Matthew 5:10-12 “Blessed are those who are persecuted because of
righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are you
when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil
against you because of me.Rejoice and be glad, because great is your
reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who
were before you.”
Acts 5:41 “The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because
they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.”
1 Peter 2:19 ESV “For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of
God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly.”
1 Peter 5:10 ESV“And after you have suffered a little while, the
God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ,
will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you...”
Revelation 12:11 “They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and
by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much
as to shrink from death.”
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