Matthew 5:11

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘You are blessed when they insult you and persecute you and falsely say every kind of evil against you because of me.

Cross References

1 Peter 4:14

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

Luke 21:17

You will be hated by everyone because of my name,

Mark 13:13

You will be hated by everyone because of my name,   but the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Matthew 24:9

‘Then they will hand you over to be persecuted, and they will kill you. You will be hated by all nations because of my name.

Luke 6:22

Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you,   insult you, and slander your name as evil because of the Son of Man.

1 Peter 2:23

when he was insulted, he did not insult in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten but entrusted himself to the one who judges  justly.

John 15:21

But they will do all these things to you on account of my name,   because they don’t know   the one who sent me.

Matthew 10:22

You will be hated by everyone because of my name.   But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Isaiah 66:5

You who tremble at his word, hear the word of the  Lord: ‘Your brothers who hate and exclude you for my name’s sake have said, “Let the Lord be glorified so that we can see your joy! ” But they will be put to shame.’

Matthew 10:39

Anyone who finds his life will lose it,   and anyone who loses his life because of me will find it.

Revelation 2:3

I know that you have persevered and endured hardships for the sake of my name,   and you have not grown weary.

Matthew 19:29

And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother   or children or fields because of my name will receive a hundred times more and will inherit eternal life.

2 Corinthians 4:11

For we who live are always being given over to death  for Jesus’s sake, so that Jesus’s life may also be displayed in our mortal flesh.

1 Corinthians 4:10

We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ!  We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonoured!

Romans 8:36

As it is written: Because of you we are being put to death all day long; we are counted as sheep to be slaughtered.   ,

Luke 21:12

But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you   and persecute   you. They will hand you over to the synagogues   and prisons,   and you will be brought before kings and governors   because of my name.

Luke 9:24

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me will save it.

Mark 8:35

For whoever wants to save   his life will lose it,   but whoever loses   his life   because of me   and the gospel   will save it.

Matthew 10:25

It is enough for a disciple to become like his teacher and a slave like his master. If they called the head of the house “Beelzebul,” how much more the members of his household!

Acts 9:16

I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.’

Mark 13:9

‘But you, be on your guard! They will hand you over to local courts,   , and you will be flogged   in the synagogues.   You will stand before governors and kings   because of me,   as a witness   to them.

Matthew 27:39

Those who passed by were yelling insults at  him, shaking their heads

Mark 4:17

But they have no root; they are short-lived. When distress   or persecution comes because of the word, they immediately fall away.

Matthew 10:18

You will even be brought before governors and kings because of me, to bear witness to them and to the Gentiles.

John 9:28

They ridiculed him: ‘You’re that man’s disciple, but we’re Moses’s  disciples.

Isaiah 25:8

When he has swallowed up death once and for all, the Lord God will wipe away the tears from every face and remove his people’s disgrace from the whole earth, for the Lord has spoken.

Isaiah 51:7

Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my instruction: do not fear disgrace by men, and do not be shattered by their taunts.

Jeremiah 37:14

‘That’s a lie,’ Jeremiah replied. ‘I am not defecting to the Chaldeans! ’ Irijah would not listen to him but apprehended Jeremiah and took him to the officials.

Philippians 1:29

For it has been granted to you on Christ’s behalf not only to believe  in him, but also to suffer for him,