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 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised 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. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Listen to Me, you who know rightness and justice and right standing with God, the people in whose heart is My law and My instruction: fear not the reproach of men, neither be afraid nor dismayed at their revilings. American Standard Version (1901) Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye dismayed at their revilings. Common English Bible Listen to me, you who know what is right, people who carry my teaching in your heart: Don’t fear human scorn, and don’t be upset when they abuse you. Catholic Public Domain Version Listen to me, you who know what is just, my people who have my law in their heart. Do not be afraid of disgrace among men, and do not dread their blasphemies. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Hearken to me, you that know what is just, my people who have my law in your heart: fear ye not the reproach of men and be not afraid of their blasphemies. |
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.
For the Lord is our Judge, the Lord is our Lawgiver, the Lord is our King. He will save us.
who said to them, ‘Tell your master, “The Lord says this: Don’t be afraid because of the words you have heard, with which the king of Assyria’s attendants have blasphemed me.
Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the Lord: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were dug.
‘Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; don’t be humiliated, for you will not be disgraced. For you will forget the shame of your youth, and you will no longer remember the disgrace of your widowhood.
‘Now, get ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them or I will cause you to cower before them.
‘But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them and do not be afraid of their words, even though briars and thorns are beside you and you live among scorpions. Don’t be afraid of their words or discouraged by the look on their faces, for they are a rebellious house.
Don’t fear those who kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
‘You are blessed when they insult you and persecute you and falsely say every kind of evil against you because of me.
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.
Then they went out from the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to be treated shamefully on behalf of the Name. ,
You show that you are Christ’s letter, delivered by us, not written with ink but with the Spirit of the living God #– #not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. ,
My goal is to know him and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of his sufferings, being conformed to his death,
More than that, I also consider everything to be a loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. Because of him I have suffered the loss of all things and consider them as dung, so that I may gain Christ
This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, the Lord says, I will put my laws on their hearts and write them on their minds,
If you are ridiculed for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
They are surprised that you don’t join them in the same flood of wild living #– #and they slander you.