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Revelation 3:9
I will make those who are of the synagogue of Satan, who claim to be Jews though they are not, but are liars— I will make them come and fall down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you. (niv)
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2 Corinthians 8 9
For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich. (niv)
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Romans 2:28-29
A person is not a Jew who is one only outwardly, nor is circumcision merely outward and physical.No, a person is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is circumcision of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the written code. Such a person’s praise is not from other people, but from God. (niv)
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James 2:5-6
Listen, my dear brothers and sisters: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him?But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court? (niv)
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2 Corinthians 6 10
sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything. (niv)
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Revelation 2:2
I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. (niv)
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Romans 9:6
It is not as though God’s word had failed. For not all who are descended from Israel are Israel. (niv)
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Romans 8:35
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? (niv)
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Revelation 3:17-18
You say,‘ I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked.I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see. (niv)
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Luke 6:20
Looking at his disciples, he said:“ Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. (niv)
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1 Timothy 6 18
Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. (niv)
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Romans 2:17
Now you, if you call yourself a Jew; if you rely on the law and boast in God; (niv)
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Acts 14:22
strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith.“ We must go through many hardships to enter the kingdom of God,” they said. (niv)
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John 16:33
“ I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (niv)
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Acts 26:11
Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished, and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was so obsessed with persecuting them that I even hunted them down in foreign cities. (niv)
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Romans 5:3
Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; (niv)
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Luke 4:18
“ The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, (niv)
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Romans 12:12
Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. (niv)
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Luke 22:65
And they said many other insulting things to him. (niv)
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2 Corinthians 8 2
In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. (niv)
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Matthew 4:10
Jesus said to him,“ Away from me, Satan! For it is written:‘ Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’” (niv)
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Luke 12:21
“ This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.” (niv)
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1 Thessalonians 3 4
In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know. (niv)
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2 Thessalonians 1 6-2 Thessalonians 1 7
God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble youand give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels. (niv)
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1 Timothy 1 13
Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. (niv)
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Revelation 7:14
I answered,“ Sir, you know.” And he said,“ These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. (niv)