What did he say regarding the fear of death?
“Be not afraid of them that kill the body” ([Luke xii, 4]).
“After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him” ([John vii, 1]).
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What is to be the earthly reward of those that follow Christ?
“There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s, but he shall receive a hundred fold now in this time” ([Mark x, 29, 30]).
“Who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good?” ([1 Peter iii, 13].)
“For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light” ([Matthew xi, 30]).
“In the world ye shall have tribulation” ([John xvi, 33]).