‘You are blessed when they insult you and persecute you and falsely say every kind of evil against you because of me.
1 Corinthians 4:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised we labour, working with our own hands. When we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And we still toil unto weariness [for our living], working hard with our own hands. When men revile us [wound us with an accursed sting], we bless them. When we are persecuted, we take it patiently and endure it. American Standard Version (1901) and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; Common English Bible We work hard with our own hands. When we are insulted, we respond with a blessing; when we are harassed, we put up with it; Catholic Public Domain Version And we labor, working with our own hands. We are slandered, and so we bless. We suffer and endure persecution. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And we labour, working with our own hands: we are reviled, and we bless; we are persecuted, and we suffer it. |
‘You are blessed when they insult you and persecute you and falsely say every kind of evil against you because of me.
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing.” , And they divided his clothes and cast lots.
Remember the word I spoke to you: “A servant is not greater than his master.” If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
and since they were of the same occupation, tentmakers by trade, he stayed with them and worked.
You yourselves know that I worked with my own hands to support myself and those who are with me.
He knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, ‘Lord, do not hold this sin against them! ’ And after saying this, he fell asleep.
But If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him something to drink. For in so doing you will be heaping fiery coals on his head. ,
Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can affliction or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
Let the thief no longer steal. Instead, he is to do honest work with his own hands, so that he has something to share with anyone in need.
For you remember our labour and hardship, brothers and sisters. Working night and day so that we would not burden any of you, we preached God’s gospel to you.
we did not eat anyone’s food free of charge; instead, we laboured and toiled, working night and day, so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
For this reason we labour and strive, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Saviour of all people, especially of those who believe.
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.
But even if you should suffer for righteousness, you are blessed. Do not fear them ,or be intimidated, ,
not paying back evil for evil or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing, since you were called for this, so that you may inherit a blessing.
So then, let those who suffer according to God’s will entrust themselves to a faithful Creator while doing what is good.
Yet when Michael the archangel was disputing with the devil in an argument about Moses’s body, he did not dare utter a slanderous condemnation against him but said, ‘The Lord rebuke you! ’