1 Corinthians 4:12

Twentieth Century New Testament 1904

We work hard, toiling with our own hands. We meet abuse with blessings, we meet persecution with endurance,

Cross References

Matthew 5:11

Blessed are you when people taunt you, and persecute you, and say everything evil about you--untruly, and on my account.

Matthew 5:44

I, however, say to you--Love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you,

Luke 23:34

[Then Jesus said: "Father, forgive them; they do not know what they are doing."] His clothes they divided among them by casting lots.

Luke 6:28

Bless those who curse you, pray for those who insult you.

John 15:20

Remember what I said to you--'A servant is not greater than his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have laid my Message to heart, they will lay yours to heart also.

Acts 18:3

And, since their trade was the same as his, he stayed and worked with them--their trade was tent-making.

Acts 20:34

You, yourselves, know that these hands of mine provided not only for my own wants, but for my companions also.

Acts 7:60

Falling on his knees, he called out loudly: "Lord! do not charge them with this sin;" and with these words he fell asleep.

Romans 12:14

Bless your persecutors--bless and never curse.

Romans 12:20

Rather--'If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him to drink. By doing this you will heap coals of fire upon his head.'

Romans 8:35

Who is there to separate us from the love of the Christ? Will trouble, or difficulty, or persecution, or hunger, or nakedness, or danger, or the sword?

1 Corinthians 9:6

Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to give up working for our bread?

2 Corinthians 11:8

I robbed other churches by taking pay from them, so that I might serve you!

Ephesians 4:28

Let the man who steals steal no longer, but rather let him toil with his hands at honest work, so that he may have something to share with any one in want.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

You will not have forgotten, Brothers, our labor and toil. Night and day we used to work at our trades, so as not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you God's Good News.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

Nor did we eat any one's bread without paying for it. Night and day, laboring and toiling, we used to work at our trades, so as not to be a burden upon any of you.

1 Timothy 4:10

With that aim we toil and struggle, for we have set our hopes on the Living God, who is the Savior of all men, and especially of those who hold the Faith.

1 Peter 2:23

He was abused, but he did not answer with abuse; he suffered, but he did not threaten; he entrusted himself to him whose judgments are just.

1 Peter 3:14

Even if you should suffer for righteousness, count yourselves blessed! 'Do not let men terrify you, or allow yourselves to be dismayed.'

1 Peter 3:9

never returning evil for evil, or abuse for abuse, but, on the contrary, blessing. It was to this that you were called--to obtain a blessing!

1 Peter 4:19

Therefore, I say, let those who suffer, because God wills it so, commit their lives into the hands of a faithful Creator, and persevere in doing right.

Jude 1:9

Yet even Michael, the Archangel, when, in his dispute with the Devil, he was arguing about the body of Moses, did not venture to charge him with maligning, but said merely 'The Lord rebuke you!'