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Luke 21:17

The Passion Translation

You will be hated by all because of my life in you.

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Expect to be hated by all because of my name, but be faithful to the end and you will experience life and deliverance.

“You can expect to be persecuted, even killed; for you will be hated by all the nations because of your love for me.

“How blessed you are when people insult and persecute you and speak all kinds of cruel lies about you because of your love for me!

Expect to be hated by all because of your allegiance to my name. But determine to be faithful to the end and you will be saved.”

“You can expect betrayal even by your parents, your brothers, your relatives and friends—and yes, some of you will die as martyrs.

But don’t worry. My grace will never desert you or depart from your life.

“How favored you become when you are hated, excommunicated, or slandered, or when your name is spoken of as evil because of your love for me, the Son of Man.

If you were to give your allegiance to the world, they would love and welcome you as one of their own. But because you won’t align yourself with the values of this world, they will hate you. I have chosen you and taken you out of the world to be mine.

They will treat you this way because you are mine, and they don’t know the One who sent me.

I have given them your message and that is why the unbelieving world hates them. For their allegiance is no longer to this world because I am not of this world.

The world can’t hate you, but it does me, for I am exposing their evil deeds.

And I will show him how much he is destined to suffer because of his passion for me.”

So I’m not defeated by my weakness, but delighted! For when I feel my weakness and endure mistreatment—when I’m surrounded with troubles on every side and face persecution because of my love for Christ—I am made yet stronger. For my weakness becomes a portal to God’s power.

We consider living to mean that we are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake so that the life of Jesus will be revealed through our humanity.

We don’t preach ourselves, but rather the lordship of Jesus Christ, for we are your servants for Jesus’ sake.

For God has graciously given you the privilege not only to believe in Christ, but also to suffer for him.

If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are greatly blessed, because the Spirit of glory and power, who is the Spirit of God, rests upon you.

I also know how you have bravely endured trials and persecutions because of my name, yet you have not become discouraged.




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