1 Corinthians 4:12

World English Bible (2000)

We toil, working with our own hands. When people curse us, we bless. Being persecuted, we endure.

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  • 1 Pet 3:9 : 9 not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.
  • Acts 18:3 : 3 and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.
  • Matt 5:11 : 11 "Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
  • Luke 6:28 : 28 bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.
  • Rom 12:14 : 14 Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don't curse.
  • Rom 12:20 : 20 Therefore "If your enemy is hungry, feed him. If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing so, you will heap coals of fire on his head."
  • 1 Cor 9:6 : 6 Or have only Barnabas and I no right to not work?
  • 1 Thess 2:9 : 9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.
  • 2 Thess 3:8 : 8 neither did we eat bread from anyone's hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you;
  • 1 Tim 4:10 : 10 For to this end we both labor and suffer reproach, because we have set our trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of those who believe.
  • 1 Pet 2:23 : 23 Who, when he was cursed, didn't curse back. When he suffered, didn't threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously;
  • 1 Pet 3:14 : 14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. "Don't fear what they fear, neither be troubled."
  • 1 Pet 4:12-14 : 12 Beloved, don't be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you. 13 But because you are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy. 14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.
  • 1 Pet 4:19 : 19 Therefore let them also who suffer according to the will of God in doing good entrust their souls to him, as to a faithful Creator.
  • Jude 1:9 : 9 But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation, but said, "May the Lord rebuke you!"
  • Luke 23:34 : 34 Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing." Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.
  • John 15:20 : 20 Remember the word that I said to 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 He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, "Lord, don't hold this sin against them!" When he had said this, he fell asleep.
  • Matt 5:44 : 44 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
  • Acts 20:34 : 34 You yourselves know that these hands served my necessities, and those who were with me.

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    13 Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.

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

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  • Rom 12:14
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    14 Bless those who persecute you; bless, and don't curse.

  • 2 Cor 4:8-12
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    8 We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;

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

    10 always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.

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

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

  • 2 Thess 1:4-5
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    4 so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.

    5 This is an obvious sign of the righteous judgment of God, to the end that you may be counted worthy of the Kingdom of God, for which you also suffer.

  • 2 Cor 6:4-5
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    4 but in everything commending ourselves, as servants of God, in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,

    5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;

  • 2 Thess 3:8-10
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    8 neither did we eat bread from anyone's hand without paying for it, but in labor and travail worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you;

    9 not because we don't have the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, that you should imitate us.

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

  • Matt 5:10-12
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    10 Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

    11 "Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

    12 Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

  • 1 Thess 2:2
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    2 but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.

  • 1 Thess 3:4
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    4 For most certainly, when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we are to suffer affliction, even as it happened, and you know.

  • 2 Tim 3:12
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    12 Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

  • 2 Cor 6:8-10
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    8 by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true;

    9 as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and not killed;

    10 as 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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    19 For it is commendable if someone endures pain, suffering unjustly, because of conscience toward God.

    20 For what glory is it if, when you sin, you patiently endure beating? But if, when you do well, you patiently endure suffering, this is commendable with God.

  • 2 Cor 1:6
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    6 But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.

  • 2 Cor 4:17
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    17 For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory;

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    12 Beloved, don't be astonished at the fiery trial which has come upon you, to test you, as though a strange thing happened to you.

    13 But because you are partakers of Christ's sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.

    14 If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.

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    9 not rendering evil for evil, or insult for insult; but instead blessing; knowing that to this were you called, that you may inherit a blessing.

  • 1 Cor 9:12
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    12 If others partake of this right over you, don't we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Christ.

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    3 Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering works perseverance;

  • 1 Thess 4:11-12
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    11 and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you;

    12 that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.

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    20 For you bear with a man, if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, if he strikes you on the face.

  • Rom 8:35-36
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    35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

    36 Even as it is written, "For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter."

  • 2 Cor 1:4
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    4 who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

  • 1 Pet 4:16
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    16 But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.

  • 1 Thess 2:9
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    9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail; for working night and day, that we might not burden any of you, we preached to you the Good News of God.

  • Luke 6:28
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    28 bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.

  • 2 Cor 1:8
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    8 For we don't desire to have you uninformed, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much 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, and in cold and nakedness.

  • 1 Thess 2:14
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    14 For you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews;

  • Acts 20:34
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    34 You yourselves know that these hands served my necessities, and those who were with me.

  • Jas 5:11
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    11 Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

  • 2 Thess 3:12
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    12 Now those who are that way, we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.