Bible Verses About Confessors And Persecution

And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds.

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But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:

Paul's public confession of belief

So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:

Steadfastness in persecution

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

States godly living brings persecution

Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

Suffering as a Christian

Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:

Christ confesses the confessor before angels

Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.

Public reproach and affliction

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

Suffering for righteousness

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

Blessed are the persecuted

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

Reproach and persecution for Christ

To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him.

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And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

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And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.

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And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them,

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Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession;

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Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ.

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And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him.

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For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully.

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Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me.

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Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.

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Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

Same teaching in another Gospel form

Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:

Torture and no deliverance

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

Victory through testimony and death

And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.

Rejoicing in shame for his name

And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

Chains and imprisonment

Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.

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When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

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And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.

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He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

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And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women.

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Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council,

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But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.

Foretells councils, beatings, and witness before rulers

But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.

Foretells prison and rulers for Christ's name

And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.

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