If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. Cross References Isaiah 25:8 He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken. Matthew 5:11 Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Luke 6:22 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. John 15:21 But they will treat you like this because of My name, since they do not know the One who sent Me. Acts 5:41 The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name. Acts 28:22 But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect." 2 Corinthians 4:10 We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. 2 Corinthians 4:16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day. Hebrews 11:26 He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward. James 1:12 Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him. 1 Peter 4:16 But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name. Treasury of Scripture If you be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are you; for the spirit of glory and of God rests on you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. ye be. 1 Peter 2:19,20 1 Peter 3:14,16 reproached. 1 Peter 4:4,5 Psalm 49:9 Psalm 89:51 happy. 1 Kings 10:8 Psalm 32:1,2 Psalm 146:5 for. Numbers 11:25,26 2 Kings 2:15 Isaiah 11:2 on. Acts 13:45 Acts 18:6 2 Peter 2:2 but. |