TSK · Luke 21:17

“Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me.

Persecution of Disciples“Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of my name.

“Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil on account of the Son of Man!

If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you do not belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you.

I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake.

Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.

If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, who is the Spirit of God, rests on you.