1 PETER 4.14

if you are reproached in the Name of Christ—[you are] blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you;

1 PETER 2.21

for to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving to you an example, that you may follow His steps,

ACTS 5.29

It is required to obey God, rather than men;

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PSALM 126.5-6

Those sowing in tears, reap with singing, Whoever goes on and weeps, || Carrying the basket of seed, || Surely comes in with singing, carrying his sheaves!

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2 CORINTHIANS 6.2

for He says, “In an acceptable time I heard you, and in a day of salvation I helped you, behold, now [is] a well-accepted time; behold, now, a day of salvation.”

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LUKE 19.9

And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation came to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham;

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MATTHEW 26.42

Again, a second time, having gone away, He prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cup cannot pass away from Me except I drink it, Your will be done”;

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JOHN 20.1

And on the first [day] of the weeks, Mary the Magdalene comes early (there being yet darkness) to the tomb, and she sees the stone having been taken away out of the tomb;