2 Timothy 3:12 Cross References - Thomson

¹² Indeed all who wish to live holy in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,

¹⁴ When the children of Joseph complained to Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given us but one lot, and one portion, to inherit, seeing I am a numerous people, and God hath blessed me?

¹² The sinner may watch the righteous, and gnash his teeth at him; ¹³ but the Lord will laugh him to scorn, for he foreseeth that his day will come. ¹⁴ The sinners drew the sword; they bent their bow, to overthrow the afflicted and needy; to slay the upright in heart. ¹⁵ Let their sword pierce their own heart; and their bows be broken to shivers.

¹⁰ Happy they who are persecuted for righteousness' sake; for the kingdom of the heavens is theirs. ¹¹ Happy are ye when men will revile and persecute you, and accuse you falsely of every evil thing on my account. ¹² Rejoice and exult triumphantly; for great will be your reward in heaven: for thus they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

²² And you will be hated by all men on the account of my name. But he who persevereth to the end shall be saved. ²³ Now when they persecute you in one city, flee to another. For, verily I say to you, before you shall have gone through all the cities of Israel, the son of man will come. ²⁴ The scholar is not greater than the teacher; nor the servant, than the master. ²⁵ It is enough for the scholar to be as his teacher; and the servant, as his master. If they have called the master of the family Beelzebub, how much more, his domestics.

²⁴ Then Jesus said to his disciples if any one wisheth to follow me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

³⁴ For this, behold I am about to send you prophets, wise men and Scribes: and some of them you will kill and crucify; and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;

³⁰ who shall not now, even in the present time, receive an hundred fold compensation for houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and fields, as well as for persecutions and in the age to come, everlasting life.

²⁶ If any one cometh to me, and slighteth not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, nay, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. ²⁷ And whosoever doth not take up his cross and follow me, he cannot be my disciple.

¹⁹ If ye were of the world, the world would love its own. Now because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. ²⁰ Remember the word which I spake to you. The servant is not greater than his master. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they have kept my word, they will also keep yours. ²¹ But all these things they will do to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.

² They will excommunicate you. Indeed a time is coming, when whosoever killeth you will think he doth an act of religious worship to God.

³³ These things I have spoken to you, that you may have peace in me. In this world you will have trouble; but take courage: I have overcome the world.

¹⁴ I have given them thy word, and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world as I am not of the world.

²² establishing and confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith. And because we must enter into the kingdom of God through many afflictions;

¹⁹ If we have hope in Christ in this life only, we, of all men, are most to be pitied.

¹² For this is the matter of our boasting; the testimony of our conscience, that with simplicity and godly sincerity, not with carnal wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and more especially towards you.

³ that none of you might be staggered by those afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this. ⁴ For when we were with you, we told you beforehand that we should soon be afflicted, as it hath actually come to pass, and you know;

² for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life with all piety and honesty;

¹⁶ [and unquestionably great is the mystery of this religion,] God hath been manifested in flesh, justified by spirit, hath appeared to messengers, been proclaimed among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.

³ If any one teacheth otherwise, and doth not attend to the wholesome words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine according to godliness,

¹ Paul, a servant of God, and apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of God's chosen people, and the acknowledgment of a truth which promoteth piety

¹² teaching us in order that we, renouncing impiety and worldly lusts, may live soberly and righteously and piously in this present world,

³² And what shall I say more? For the time would fail me to speak of Gideon, and Barak, and Sampson, and Jephthae of David and Samuel, and the prophets, ³³ who by faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, ³⁴ quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were strengthened from weakness, became mighty in battle, repelled armies of aliens. ³⁵ Women received their dead children, by a restoration of them to life. As for others, some were tortured, not expecting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection; ³⁶ and others received the trial of mockings, and scourgings, besides bonds and imprisonments. ³⁷ They were stoned; they were sawn asunder; they were tempted; they were slain with the sword; they wandered about in sheep skins, in goats skins, destitute, afflicted, tormented, ³⁸ [of whom the world was not worthy] wandering in deserts, and mountains, and dens, and caves of the earth.

²⁰ For what glory is it, if when you commit a fault and are beaten, you suffer patiently? But if when acting well you meet with ill usage, and bear it, this is well pleasing in the sight of God. ²¹ For to this you have been called, because Christ himself suffered for you, leaving you an example that you should follow in his footsteps,

¹⁴ But if you should even suffer on the account of righteousness, you are happy. Be not terrified with the fear of them, nor dismayed;

¹² Beloved, be not surprized at the fiery trial among you, which is come upon you to try you, as if some strange thing had befallen you: ¹³ but inasmuch as you partake of the sufferings of the Christ, rejoice; that at the manifestation of his glory you may indeed rejoice with exceeding great joy. 14 If you are reproached for the name of Christ you are happy; because the spirit of the glory, even the spirit of God resteth on you. On their part indeed it is reviled, but on your part it is glorified.

¹⁵ For let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or a malefactor, or as a usurper of authority; ¹⁶ and if as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but glorify God in this respect.

⁹ him you should resist, standing firm in the faith, knowing that the same kind of sufferings are undergone by your brotherhood in the world. ¹⁰ Now may the God of all favour, who hath invited us to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, when we have suffered a little may he himself fit, support, strengthen and establish you!

¹¹ Therefore as all these things are to be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conversation and godliness,

⁹ I John, who am your brother, and a partaker in this affliction, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the island which is called Patmos, on the account of the word of God and of the testimony of Jesus Christ. ¹⁰ I was in the spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like the sound of a trumpet,

¹⁴ And I said to him, "Sir, thou knowest" Then he said to me, "These are they who have come out of great affliction and have washed their robes and made them white by the blood of the Lamb.

⁴ and his tail dragged the third part of the stars of heaven and threw them on the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was in labour, that when she brought forth he might devour her child.

⁷ And there was a war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought; ⁸ but did not prevail, nor was their place any more found in heaven. ⁹ And the great dragon was cast out that old serpent who is called The Devil and Satan who leadeth the whole world astray. He was thrown on the earth and his angels were thrown with him. ¹⁰ And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven. "Now is come salvation and the power and reign of our God and the authority of Christ himself; for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, he who accused them before our God day and night;