1 Corinthians 4:13
When evil things are said about us we give gentle answers: we are made as the unclean things of the world, as that for which no one has any use, even till now.
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1 Corinthians 4:13
When evil things are said about us we give gentle answers: we are made as the unclean things of the world, as that for which no one has any use, even till now.
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1 Corinthians 4:9
For it seems to me that God has put us the Apostles last of all, as men whose fate is death: for we are put on view to the world, and to angels, and to men.
1 Corinthians 4:10
We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.
1 Corinthians 4:11
Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place;
1 Corinthians 4:12
And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;
2 Corinthians 11:27
In hard work and weariness, in frequent watchings, going without food and drink, cold and in need of clothing.
2 Corinthians 11:28
In addition to all the other things, there is that which comes on me every day, the care of all the churches.
2 Corinthians 11:29
Who is feeble and I am not feeble? who is in danger of falling, and I am not angry?
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this wealth in vessels of earth, so that it may be seen that the power comes not from us but from God;
2 Corinthians 4:8
Troubles are round us on every side, but we are not shut in; things are hard for us, but we see a way out of them;
2 Corinthians 4:9
We are cruelly attacked, but not without hope; we are made low, but we are not without help;
2 Corinthians 4:10
In our bodies there is ever the mark of the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies.
Psalms 34:19
Great are the troubles of the upright: but the Lord takes him safely out of them all.
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2 Corinthians 11:23
Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death.
2 Corinthians 11:24
Five times the Jews gave me forty blows but one.
2 Corinthians 11:25
Three times I was whipped with rods, once I was stoned, three times the ship I was in came to destruction at sea, a night and a day I have been in the water;
2 Corinthians 11:26
In frequent travels, in dangers on rivers, in dangers from outlaws, in dangers from my countrymen, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the town, in dangers in the waste land, in dangers at sea, in dangers among false brothers;
2 Corinthians 4:11
For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.
1 Corinthians 15:31
Yes, truly, by your pride in me, my brothers in Christ Jesus our Lord, my life is one long death.
2 Corinthians 6:8
By glory and by shame, by an evil name and a good name; as untrue, and still true;
2 Corinthians 6:9
Unnoted, but still kept fully in mind; as near to death, but still living; as undergoing punishment, but not put to death;
2 Corinthians 6:10
As full of sorrow, but ever glad; as poor, but giving wealth to others; as having nothing, but still having all things.
Hebrews 10:33
In part, in being attacked by angry words and cruel acts, before the eyes of everyone, and in part, in being united with those who were attacked in this way.
2 Corinthians 6:5
In blows, in prisons, in attacks, in hard work, in watchings, in going without food;
2 Timothy 3:11
My punishments and pain; the things which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; the cruel attacks made on me: and the Lord made me free from them all.
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Lamentations 3:45
You have made us like waste and that for which there is no use, among the peoples.
Romans 3:8
Let us not do evil so that good may come (a statement which we are falsely said by some to have made), because such behaviour will have its right punishment.
Matthew 10:24
A disciple is not greater than his master, or a servant than his lord.
Matthew 27:32
And while they were coming out, they saw a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, and they made him go with them, so that he might take up his cross.
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1 Corinthians 4:14
I am not saying these things to put you to shame, but so that, as my dear children, you may see what is right.
1 Corinthians 4:16
So my desire is that you take me as your example.
1 Corinthians 4:17
For this cause I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and true child in the Lord; he will make clear to you my ways in Christ, even as I am teaching everywhere in every church.
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Acts 14:22
Making strong the souls of the disciples, saying to them that they were to keep the faith, and that we have to go through troubles of all sorts to come into the kingdom of God.
Matthew 5:10
Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs.
Matthew 5:11
Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.
Matthew 5:12
Be glad and full of joy; for great is your reward in heaven: for so were the prophets attacked who were before you.
1 Peter 4:13
But be glad that you are given a part in the pains of Christ; so that at the revelation of his glory you may have great joy.
1 Peter 4:14
If men say evil things of you because of the name of Christ, happy are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God is resting on you.
John 16:33
I have said all these things to you so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble: but take heart! I have overcome the world.
Colossians 1:24
Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;
Romans 8:35
Who will come between us and the love of Christ? Will trouble, or pain, or cruel acts, or the need of food or of clothing, or danger, or the sword?
Romans 8:36
As it is said in the holy Writings, Because of you we are put to death every day; we are like sheep ready for destruction.
James 1:2
Let it be all joy to you, my brothers, when you undergo tests of every sort;
1 Peter 1:6
You have cause for great joy in this, though it may have been necessary for you to be troubled for a little time, being tested in all sorts of ways,
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Matthew 5:44
But I say to you, Have love for those who are against you, and make prayer for those who are cruel to you;
Titus 3:2
To say no evil of any man, not to be fighters, to give way to others, to be gentle in behaviour to all men.
Luke 23:34
And Jesus said, Father, let them have forgiveness, for they have no knowledge of what they are doing. And they made division of his clothing among them by the decision of chance.
Matthew 5:39
But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned.
Luke 6:28
Give blessing to those who give you curses, say prayers for those who are cruel to you.
Romans 12:14
Give blessing and not curses to those who are cruel to you.
Romans 12:17
Do not give evil for evil to any man. Let all your business be well ordered in the eyes of all men.
Romans 12:19
Do not give punishment for wrongs done to you, dear brothers, but give way to the wrath of God; for it is said in the holy Writings, Punishment is mine, I will give reward, says the Lord.
Romans 12:20
But if one who has hate for you is in need of food or of drink, give it to him, for in so doing you will put coals of fire on his head.
1 Thessalonians 5:15
Let no one give evil for evil; but ever go after what is good, for one another and for all.
1 Peter 2:21
This is God's purpose for you: because Jesus himself underwent punishment for you, giving you an example, so that you might go in his footsteps:
1 Peter 2:23
To sharp words he gave no sharp answer; when he was undergoing pain, no angry word came from his lips; but he put himself into the hands of the judge of righteousness:
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Hebrews 11:36
And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons:
Hebrews 11:37
They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked,
Hebrews 11:38
Wandering in waste places and in mountains and in holes in the rocks; for whom the world was not good enough.
Matthew 10:25
It is enough for the disciple that he may be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have given the name Beelzebub to the master of the house, how much more to those of his house!
Acts 22:22
And they gave him a hearing as far as this word; then with loud voices they said, Away with this man from the earth; it is not right for him to be living.
Hebrews 12:2
Having our eyes fixed on Jesus, the guide and end of our faith, who went through the pains of the cross, not caring for the shame, because of the joy which was before him, and who has now taken his place at the right hand of God's seat of power.
Hebrews 12:3
Give thought to him who has undergone so much of the hate of sinners against himself, so that you may not be tired and feeble of purpose.
Psalms 119:141
I am small and of no account; but I keep your orders in mind.
Acts 17:32
Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.
Acts 26:24
And when he made his answer in these words, Festus said in a loud voice, Paul, you are off your head; your great learning has made you unbalanced.
1 Corinthians 1:28
And the low things of the world, and the things without honour, did God make selection of, yes, even the things which are not, so that he might make as nothing the things which are:
Hebrews 13:13
Let us then go out to him outside the circle of the tents, taking his shame on ourselves.
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Luke 6:22
Happy are you, when men have hate for you, and put you away from among them and say angry words to you, turning away in disgust at your name, because of the Son of man.
Acts 5:41
So they went away from the Sanhedrin, happy to undergo shame for the Name.
1 Peter 4:15
Let no one among you undergo punishment as a taker of life, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as one who is over-interested in other men's business;
1 Peter 4:16
But if he undergoes punishment as a Christian, that is no shame to him; let him give glory to God in this name.
John 16:2
They will put you out of the Synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever puts you to death will have the belief that he is doing God's pleasure.
Romans 8:17
And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.
Romans 8:18
I am of the opinion that there is no comparison between the pain of this present time and the glory which we will see in the future.
2 Corinthians 12:10
So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.
Matthew 24:9
Then they will be cruel to you, and will put you to death: and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.
John 9:34
Their answer was: You came to birth through sin; do you make yourself our teacher? And they put him out of the Synagogue.
Philippians 3:8
Yes truly, and I am ready to give up all things for the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, which is more than all: for whom I have undergone the loss of all things, and to me they are less than nothing, so that I may have Christ as my reward,
2 Timothy 2:12
If we go on to the end, then we will be ruling with him: if we say we have no knowledge of him, then he will say he has no knowledge of us:
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Isaiah 8:18
See, I and the children whom the Lord has given me, are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of armies, whose resting-place is in Mount Zion.
Psalms 71:7
I am a wonder to all; but you are my strong tower.
Zechariah 3:8
Give ear now, O Joshua, the high priest, you and your friends who are seated before you; for these are men who are a sign: for see, I will let my servant the Branch be seen.
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Isaiah 53:2
For his growth was like that of a delicate plant before him, and like a root out of a dry place: he had no grace of form, to give us pleasure;
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Acts 17:6
And when they were not able to get them, they took Jason and some of the brothers by force before the rulers of the town, crying, These men, who have made trouble all over the world have now come here;
Acts 17:7
Whom Jason has taken into his house: and they are acting against the orders of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.
Acts 6:13
And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law:
Acts 16:20
And when they had taken them before the authorities, they said, These men, who are Jews, are greatly troubling our town;
Acts 24:5
For this man, in our opinion, is a cause of trouble, a maker of attacks on the government among Jews through all the empire, and a chief mover in the society of the Nazarenes:
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Romans 12:21
Do not let evil overcome you, but overcome evil by good.
1 Peter 2:22
Who did no evil, and there was no deceit in his mouth:
1 Peter 3:9
Not giving back evil for evil, or curse for curse, but in place of cursing, blessing; because this is the purpose of God for you that you may have a heritage of blessing.
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1 Corinthians 4:8
For even now you are full, even now you have wealth, you have been made kings without us: truly, I would be glad if you were kings, so that we might be kings with you.
1 Corinthians 4:21
What is your desire? is my coming to be with punishment, or is it to be in love and a gentle spirit?
2 Corinthians 10:10
For his letters, they say, have weight and are strong; but in body he is feeble, and his way of talking has little force.
2 Corinthians 6:4
But in everything making it clear that we are the servants of God, in quiet strength, in troubles, in need, in sorrow,
2 Corinthians 11:30
If I have to take credit to myself, I will do so in the things in which I am feeble.
2 Corinthians 12:6
For if I had a desire to take credit to myself, it would not be foolish, for I would be saying what is true: but I will not, for fear that I might seem to any man more than he sees me to be, or has word from me that I am.
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Philippians 3:10
That I may have knowledge of him, and of the power of his coming back from the dead, and a part with him in his pains, becoming like him in his death;
2 Timothy 3:12
Yes, and all whose purpose is to be living in the knowledge of God in Christ Jesus, will be cruelly attacked.
Revelation 2:9
I have knowledge of your troubles and how poor you are (but you have true wealth), and the evil words of those who say they are Jews, and are not, but are a Synagogue of Satan.
Revelation 2:10
Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life.
Acts 9:4
And he went down on the earth, and a voice said to him, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?
1 Corinthians 15:19
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most unhappy.
2 Corinthians 1:5
For as we undergo more of the pain which Christ underwent, so through Christ does our comfort become greater.
Philippians 1:20
In the measure of my strong hope and belief that in nothing will I be put to shame, but that without fear, as at all times, so now will Christ have glory in my body, by life or by death.
2 Timothy 1:8
Have no feeling of shame, then, for the witness of our Lord or for me, his prisoner: but undergo all things for the good news in the measure of the power of God;
2 Timothy 2:3
Be ready to do without the comforts of life, as one of the army of Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 2:11
This is a true saying: If we undergo death with him, then will we be living with him:
Revelation 1:9
I, John, your brother, who have a part with you in the trouble and the kingdom and the quiet strength of Jesus, was in the island which is named Patmos, for the word of God and the witness of Jesus.
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Leviticus 16:24
And after bathing his body in water in a holy place, he is to put on his clothing and come out and give his burned offering and the burned offering of the people, to take away his sin and the sin of the people.
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Nehemiah 4:4
Give ear, O our God, for we are looked down on: let their words of shame be turned back on themselves, and let them be given up to wasting in a land where they are prisoners:
Job 16:4
It would not be hard for me to say such things if your souls were in my soul's place; joining words together against you, and shaking my head at you:
Job 30:9
And now I have become their song, and I am a word of shame to them.
Job 30:10
I am disgusting to them; they keep away from me, and put marks of shame on me.
Psalms 123:4
For long enough have men of pride made sport of our soul.
Matthew 27:39
And those who went by said bitter words to him, shaking their heads and saying,
Matthew 27:40
You who would give the Temple to destruction and put it up again in three days, get yourself free: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.
Matthew 27:41
In the same way, the chief priests, making sport of him, with the scribes and those in authority, said,
Matthew 27:42
A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself. If he is the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will have faith in him.
Matthew 27:43
He put his faith in God; let God be his saviour now, if he will have him; for he said, I am the Son of God.
Matthew 27:44
And the thieves who were on the crosses said evil words to him.
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Psalms 38:5
My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour.
Psalms 38:6
I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day.
Psalms 38:7
For my body is full of burning; all my flesh is unhealthy.
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Proverbs 21:18
The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright.
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Isaiah 53:3
Men made sport of him, turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like one from whom men's faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we put no value on him.
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Nahum 3:6
I will make you completely disgusting and full of shame, and will put you up to be looked at by all.
Malachi 2:3
See, I will have your arm cut off, and will put waste on your faces, even the waste from your feasts; and you will be taken away with it.
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