Matthew 5:10

Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Trials, suffering and perseverance Kingdom, blessing and righteousness

Key words: makarios diōkō dikaiosynē basileia ouranos

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English	Original word	Root	#
Blessed	makarioi μακάριοι	makarios	9
[are]	supplied in English
they which	hoi οἱ	ho	145
are persecuted	dediōgmenoi δεδιωγμένοι	diōkō	4
for	heneken ἕνεκεν	heneka	3
righteousness' sake	dikaiosynēs δικαιοσύνης	dikaiosynē	4
for	hoti ὅτι	hoti	33
theirs	autōn αὐτῶν	autos	70
is	estin ἐστιν	esti	14
the	hē ἡ	ho	145
kingdom	basileia βασιλεία	basileia	9
of heaven	ouranōn οὐρανῶν	ouranos	19

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J-1 James 1:2-4 J-90 Luke 6:20-31 P-1 James 1:2-3 P-50 Revelation 2:8-11 P-85 Matthew 5:1-13 P-93 Luke 6:17-26 S-1 James 1:2-5 S-52 1 Peter 4:8-19 S-90 Luke 6:19-25

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[are] they which are persecuted 19

Matthew 10:23
23When they persecute you in this city, flee to another. For assuredly, I say to you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
Psalms 37:12
12The wicked plots against the just, And gnashes at him with his teeth.
Mark 10:30
30who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time--houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions--and in the age to come, eternal life.
Luke 6:22 J-90 Luke 6:20-31 P-93 Luke 6:17-26 S-90 Luke 6:19-25
22Blessed are you when men hate you, And when they exclude you, And revile you, and cast out your name as evil, For the Son of Man's sake.
Luke 21:12
12But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and rulers for My name's sake.
John 15:20
20Remember the word that I said to you, "A servant is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also.
Acts 5:40
40And they agreed with him, and when they had called for the apostles and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
Acts 8:1
1Now Saul was consenting to his death. At that time a great persecution arose against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
Romans 8:35-39
35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter." 37Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Corinthians 4:9-13
9For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men. 10We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored! 11To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless. 12And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; 13being defamed, we entreat. We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.
2 Corinthians 4:8-12, 17
8We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed-- 10always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. 11For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. 12So then death is working in us, but life in you.
17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory,
Philippians 1:28
28and not in any way terrified by your adversaries, which is to them a proof of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that from God.
2 Timothy 2:12
12If we endure, We shall also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He also will deny us.
2 Timothy 3:11
11persecutions, afflictions, which happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra--what persecutions I endured. And out of them all the Lord delivered me.
James 1:2-5 J-1 James 1:2-4 P-1 James 1:2-3 S-1 James 1:2-5
2My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. 5If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
1 Peter 3:13-14
13And who is he who will harm you if you become followers of what is good? 14But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you are blessed. "And do not be afraid of their threats, nor be troubled."
1 Peter 4:12-16 S-52 1 Peter 4:8-19
12Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you; 13but rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ's sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy. 14If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified. 15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as a busybody in other people's matters. 16Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in this matter.
1 John 3:12
12not as Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother's righteous.
Revelation 2:10 P-50 Revelation 2:8-11
10Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

for righteousness' sake 3

Matthew 5:3 Matthew 5:3P-85 Matthew 5:1-13
3"Blessed are the poor in spirit, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
2 Thessalonians 1:4-7
4so that we ourselves boast of you among the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure, 5which is manifest evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer; 6since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you, 7and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels,
James 1:12
12Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him.