For this {is} thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. {thankworthy: or, thank}

For {it is} better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

Blessed {are} they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy {are ye}: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;

For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.

If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy {are ye}; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more {than others}? do not even the publicans so?

Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?

And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands.

Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, {which is} your reasonable service.

But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things {which were sent} from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God. {I have all: or, I have received all}

Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.

Who hath saved us, and called {us} with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, {which is} your reasonable service.

Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing.

But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.

Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?

Better {is} the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: {and} the patient in spirit {is} better than the proud in spirit.

For this {is} thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. {thankworthy: or, thank}

For this {is} good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour;

And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more {than others}? do not even the publicans so?

Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies.

Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: {but} I will meditate in thy precepts.

Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: {let...: or, let us hold fast}

For he that in these things serveth Christ {is} acceptable to God, and approved of men.

Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me?

Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this {fellow} hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that {pertained} unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good.

For {it is} better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.

Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well: {after...: Gr. worthy of God}

And it shall be, if the wicked man {be} worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.

Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed.

That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice: {loud: Heb. great}