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Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. |
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. |
“Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. |
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Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. |
Blessed and happy and enviably fortunate and spiritually prosperous (in the state in which the born-again child of God enjoys and finds satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of his outward conditions) are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake (for being and doing right), for theirs is the kingdom of heaven! |
Spiritually prosperous are those who have been persecuted on account of righteousness, because theirs is the kingdom of heaven. |
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“Happy are those who have suffered persecution for the cause of goodness, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs! |
“Blessed are those who suffer persecution for being and doing rightly, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them. |
Blessed 3107 are they which are persecuted 1377 for righteousness’ 1343 sake: 1752 for 3754 theirs 846 is 2076 the 3588 kingdom 932 of heaven. 3772 |
- No cross references or parallel passage have been cited for this verse.
- Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau: Three of Satan’s Stooges - Neil Girrard The U.S. is little more than the acting out of the philosophies of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau but most Americans don’t know what these philosophers said or why that might be important to them as followers of Christ.
- The Kingdom of God Is at Hand - Neil Girrard - ( in Adobe/pdf format ) With the proclamation that the kingdom of God was at hand, Jesus ushered in a new phase in the work of redemption that God had purposed before the creation of the world.