Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,
Parallel translations
- KJV For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
- BSB For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him,
- NKJV For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,
- NASB For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer on His behalf,
- NLT For you have been given not only the privilege of trusting in Christ but also the privilege of suffering for him.
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- Jas 1:2Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
- 1 Pet 4:13But because you are partakers of Christ’s sufferings, rejoice; that at the revelation of his glory you also may rejoice with exceeding joy.
- Acts 5:41They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus’ name.
- Rom 5:3Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;
- Acts 14:22confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into God’s Kingdom.
- Matt 5:11–12“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
- Eph 2:8for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
- Jas 1:17–18Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
- John 6:44–45No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.
- Col 2:12having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
- Acts 14:27When they had arrived, and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.
- John 1:12–13But as many as received him, to them he gave the right to become God’s children, to those who believe in his name:
- Matt 16:17Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
- Acts 13:39and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.
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