1 Corinthians 4:12

American Standard Version (1901)

and we toil, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure;

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.
  • Acts 18:3 : 3 and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and they wrought, for by their trade they were tentmakers.
  • Matt 5:11 : 11 Blessed are ye when [men] shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
  • Luke 6:28 : 28 bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you.
  • Rom 12:14 : 14 Bless them that persecute you; bless, and curse not.
  • Rom 12:20 : 20 But if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him to drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head.
  • 1 Cor 9:6 : 6 Or I only and Barnabas, have we not a right to forbear working?
  • 1 Thess 2:9 : 9 For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
  • 2 Thess 3:8 : 8 neither did we eat bread for nought at any man's hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:
  • 1 Tim 4:10 : 10 For to this end we labor and strive, because we have our hope set on the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of them that believe.
  • 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:
  • 1 Pet 3:14 : 14 But even if ye should suffer for righteousness' sake, blessed [are ye]: and fear not their fear, neither be troubled;
  • 1 Pet 4:12-14 : 12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which cometh upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened unto you: 13 but insomuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice with exceeding joy. 14 If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed [are ye] ; because the [Spirit] of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you.
  • 1 Pet 4:19 : 19 Wherefore let them also that suffer according to the will of God commit their souls in well-doing unto a faithful Creator.
  • Jude 1:9 : 9 But Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing judgment, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
  • Luke 23:34 : 34 And Jesus said, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And parting his garments among them, they cast lots.
  • John 15:20 : 20 Remember the word that I said unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
  • Acts 7:60 : 60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
  • Matt 5:44 : 44 but I say unto you, love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you;
  • Acts 20:34 : 34 Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

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    13being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.

  • 1 Cor 4:10-11
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    10We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory, but we have dishonor.

    11Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place;

  • Rom 12:14
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    14Bless them that persecute you; bless, and curse not.

  • 2 Cor 4:8-12
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    8[ we are] pressed on every side, yet not straitened; perplexed, yet not unto despair;

    9pursued, yet not forsaken; smitten down, yet not destroyed;

    10always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body.

    11For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

    12So then death worketh in us, but life in you.

  • 2 Thess 1:4-5
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    4so that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which ye endure;

    5[ which is] a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God; to the end that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer:

  • 2 Cor 6:4-5
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    4but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

    5in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;

  • 2 Thess 3:8-10
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    8neither did we eat bread for nought at any man's hand, but in labor and travail, working night and day, that we might not burden any of you:

    9not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you, that ye should imitate us.

    10For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, If any will not work, neither let him eat.

  • Matt 5:10-12
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    10Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

    11Blessed are ye when [men] shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

    12Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets that were before you.

  • 1 Thess 2:2
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    2but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much conflict.

  • 1 Thess 3:4
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    4For verily, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction; even as it came to pass, and ye know.

  • 2 Tim 3:12
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    12Yea, and all that would live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

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    8by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and [yet] true;

    9as unknown, and [yet] well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;

    10as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and [yet] possessing all things.

  • 1 Pet 2:19-20
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    19For this is acceptable, if for conscience toward God a man endureth griefs, suffering wrongfully.

    20For what glory is it, if, when ye sin, and are buffeted [for it], ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for it], ye shall take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

  • 2 Cor 1:6
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    6But whether we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or whether we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which worketh in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer:

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    17For our light affliction, which is for the moment, worketh for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

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    12Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial among you, which cometh upon you to prove you, as though a strange thing happened unto you:

    13but insomuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory also ye may rejoice with exceeding joy.

    14If ye are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed [are ye] ; because the [Spirit] of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you.

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    9not rendering evil for evil, or reviling for reviling; but contrariwise blessing; for hereunto were ye called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

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  • 1 Thess 4:11-12
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    11and that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your hands, even as we charged you;

    12that ye may walk becomingly toward them that are without, and may have need of nothing.

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    20For ye bear with a man, if he bringeth you into bondage, if he devoureth you, if he taketh you [captive], if he exalteth himself, if he smiteth you on the face.

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    35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

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    4who comforteth us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort them that are in any affliction, through the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

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    16but if [a man suffer] as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this name.

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    9For ye remember, brethren, our labor and travail: working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.

  • Luke 6:28
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    28bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you.

  • 2 Cor 1:8
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    8For we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning our affliction which befell [us] in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, insomuch that we despaired even of life:

  • 2 Cor 11:27
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    27[ in] labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

  • 1 Thess 2:14
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    14For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus: for ye also suffered the same things of your own countrymen, even as they did of the Jews;

  • Acts 20:34
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    34Ye yourselves know that these hands ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me.

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    11Behold, we call them blessed that endured: ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord, how that the Lord is full of pity, and merciful.

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    12Now them that are such we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.