1 Corinthians 4:12

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

and we grow weary from the work of our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure;

Cross References

Matthew 5:11

“Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.

Matthew 5:44

But I say to you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,

Luke 23:34

Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”]] And they cast lots to divide his clothing.

Luke 6:28

bless those who curse you; pray for those who mistreat you.

John 15:20

Remember the word that I said to you, ‘Slaves are not greater than their master.’ If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.

Acts 18:3

and, because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them, and they worked together—by trade they were tentmakers.

Acts 20:34

You know for yourselves that I worked with my own hands to support myself and my companions.

Acts 7:60

Then he knelt down and cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he died.

Romans 12:14

Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.

Romans 12:20

Instead, “if your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them something to drink, for by doing this you will heap burning coals on their heads.”

Romans 8:35

Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will affliction or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword?

1 Corinthians 9:6

Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from working for a living?

2 Corinthians 11:8

I robbed other churches by accepting support from them in order to serve you.

Ephesians 4:28

Those who steal must give up stealing; rather, let them labor, doing good work with their own hands, so as to have something to share with the needy.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

You remember our labor and toil, brothers and sisters; we worked night and day so that we might not burden any of you while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

and we did not eat anyone’s bread without paying for it, but with toil and labor we worked night and day so that we might not burden any of you.

1 Timothy 4:10

For to this end we toil and suffer reproach, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

1 Peter 2:23

When he was abused, he did not return abuse; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but he entrusted himself to the one who judges justly.

1 Peter 3:14

But even if you do suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. Do not fear what they fear, and do not be intimidated,

1 Peter 3:9

Do not repay evil for evil or abuse for abuse, but, on the contrary, repay with a blessing. It is for this that you were called—that you might inherit a blessing.

1 Peter 4:19

Therefore, let those suffering in accordance with God’s will entrust their lives to a faithful Creator, while continuing to do good.

Jude 1:9

But when the archangel Michael disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, he did not dare to bring a condemnation of slander against him but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”