“Ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake” ([Luke xxi, 17]).
“Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution” ([2 Tim. iii, 12]).
“For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth” ([Hebrews xii, 6]).
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What promise did Christ make to Paul at the commencement of his ministry?
“I am with thee and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee” ([Acts xviii, 10]).
“Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned” ([2 Corinthians xi, 24, 25]).