John 1:11 – He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
Romans 8:31 – What shall we then say to these things? If God [be] for us, who [can be] against us?
Luke 6:22 – Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you [from their company], and shall reproach [you], and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
Isaiah 53:4-6 – Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
Romans 8:28 – And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose.

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