He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.
And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, so that you may be rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself and the shame of your nakedness may not be seen, and salve to anoint your eyes, so that you may see.
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution,
For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, yet possessing everything.
and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.”
Remember, O Lord, how your servants are mocked, and how I bear in my heart the insults of all the many nations, with which your enemies mock, O Lord, with which they mock the footsteps of your anointed.
Then they left the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for the name.
Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”
“Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of man, nor be dismayed at their revilings.
Better is the little that the righteous has than the abundance of many wicked.
inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories.
Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured.
sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.
But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.
To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,
having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward.
“Beware of practicing your righteousness before other people in order to be seen by them, for then you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.
The wicked earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.
Reproaches have broken my heart, so that I am in despair. I looked for pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none.
For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach, that dishonor has covered my face.
The Lord repay you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge!”
“‘I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say that they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
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