22Blessed are ye, 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.
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Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. …
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.
Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: …
But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled;
For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-26)Here begins a practical discourse of Christ, which is continued to the end of the chapter, most of which is found in the sermon upon the mount , Matt. 5:1-7:29. Some think that this was preached at some other time and place, and there are other instances of Christ’s preaching the same things, or to the same purport, at different times; but it is probable that this is only the evangelist’s abridgme…
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