she called to the men of her household and said to them, “See, he has brought among us a Hebrew to laugh at us. He came in to me to lie with me, and I cried out with a loud voice.
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler. Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name. For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God? And “If the righteous is scarcely saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”
But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect, having a good conscience, so that, when you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ may be put to shame. For it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.
And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king.”
Now the chief priests and the whole council were seeking false testimony against Jesus that they might put him to death,
“Blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
no weapon that is fashioned against you shall succeed, and you shall refute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, 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.
The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool.
What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue?
because of the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked. For they drop trouble upon me, and in anger they bear a grudge against me.
Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I do not know.
For I was indeed stolen out of the land of the Hebrews, and here also I have done nothing that they should put me into the pit.”
and she told him the same story, saying, “The Hebrew servant, whom you have brought among us, came in to me to laugh at me.
And after a time his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.”
Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and of Aner. These were allies of Abram.
To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, children were born.
through honor and dishonor, through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true;
Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you; your name is defiled; you are full of tumult.
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