Bible Dictionary: Persecution: Blessedness of Enduring, for Christ's Sake

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Matthew 5:10
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Luke 6:22
Blessed are you, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Library

Chapter v.
... under the Christian name, consider that our blessedness is within ... For it is not simply
the enduring of such ... Blessed are they which endure persecution;" but it ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/our lords sermon on the mount/chapter v.htm

Concerning Persecution
... more weary in tormenting than they were in enduring. ... martyrs (John 16:2). Now if
persecution cannot hinder ... then it cannot impede or obstruct our blessedness. ...
/.../the beatitudes an exposition of matthew 51-12/21 concerning persecution.htm

"The Sun of Righteousness"
... and her sorrows, suffering her wants, enduring her shame ... their fleecy skirts with
gold; persecution hung over ... in us, the hope of glory"oh, what blessedness! ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 17 1871/the sun of righteousness.htm

Paul's Departure and Crown;
... and goodness of our conscience in our enduring of these ... of, even the cup of affliction
and persecution, it is not ... shall be also the day of blessedness and rest ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/pauls departure and crown.htm

Fourth Sunday after Easter Second Sermon.
... to impatience by ingratitude, contempt and persecution, compare with ... Who can purchase
or merit, even by enduring tenfold his ... THE FUTURE LIFE OF BLESSEDNESS. ...
/.../luther/epistle sermons vol ii/fourth sunday after easter second.htm

A Discourse
... of the church, and the beauty of Christ, for that ... How then could she escape persecution
for a time, for ... prayer, by faith, and a constant enduring of hardship ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a discourse.htm

A Message from the Crowned Christ
... This earnest, aggressive, orthodox, patiently-enduring Church is to ... King in the Kingdom,
nor the blessedness of fuller ... made of a time of persecution coming at ...
/.../iv a message from the crowned.htm

The Christian's Peace and the Christian's Consistency
... thought here is not upon the blessedness of death ... Lord, in face of opposition and
even of persecution. ... doing some great thing' but in enduring and forbearing ...
/.../moule/philippian studies/chapter iv the christians peace.htm

Seasonable Counsel: Or, Advice to Sufferers.
... shall not smite thee": that is, persecution shall not ... for their profession of the
name of Jesus Christ. ... in heaven a better, and an enduring substance" (Hebrews ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/seasonable counsel or advice to.htm

A Defence of the Doctrine of Justification, by Faith in Jesus ...
... Mr. Fowler is somewhat inconsistent with regard to persecution; in p.266 he says,
'As for factious hypocrite, they would be ... God for Christ's sake hath forgiven ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a defence of the doctrine.htm