Persecution

(A study/comparison of similar verses)

But I say to you, love your enemies,
bless those who curse you, do good to
those who hate you, and pray for those
who spitefully use you and persecute you...
Matthew 5:44

 

For it is better, if it is the will of God, to suffer
for doing good than for doing evil.
1 Peter 3:17

 

Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they
exclude you, and revile you, and cast out your name
as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.
Luke 6:22

 

Now Saul was consenting to his death.  At that time a
great persecution arose against the church which was at
Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the
regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Acts 8:1

 

But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women
and the chief men of the city, raised up persecution against
Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region.
Acts 13:50

 

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs,
in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake.
For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:10