1 Corinthians 4:12

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1 Corinthians 4:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible

10 We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.

11 To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.

12 We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;

13 when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.

14 I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.

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1 Thessalonians 2:9

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1 Timothy 4:10

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Luke 23:34

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Romans 12:14

Bless those who persecute you. Bless and do not curse.

Romans 12:20

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1 Peter 2:23

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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.

Jude 1:9

But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”

Matthew 5:11

Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.

1 Peter 3:14

But even if you should suffer for what is right, you are blessed. “Do not fear what they fear; do not be shaken.”

1 Peter 4:12

Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial that has come upon you, as though something strange were happening to you.

1 Peter 4:13

But rejoice that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed at the revelation of His glory.

1 Peter 4:14

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

1 Peter 4:19

So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.