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and you will be hated by all for my name's sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved. This verse is the climax of the increasingly bleak-looking picture of the persecutions to be endured by the twelve. 'For my name's sake' echoes 'for my sake' in verse 18. [30] The second half of this verse is unclear.
Chrysostom: "Having foretold the fearful things which should come upon them after His Cross, resurrection, and ascension, He leads them to gentler prospects; He does not bid them presumptuously to offer themselves for persecution, but to fly from it; When they persecute you in this city, flee ye to another.
This account of persecution is part of a general theme of anti-Christian persecution by both Romans and Jews, one that starts with the Pharisee rejection of Jesus's ministry, the cleansing of the Temple, and continues on with his trial before the High Priest, his crucifixion, and the Pharisees' refusal to accept him as the Jewish messiah.
Psalm 143 is the 143rd psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "Hear my prayer, O LORD". In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint version of the Bible, and the Latin Vulgate, this psalm is Psalm 142. In Latin, it is known as "Domine exaudi orationem meam". [1]
10 And blessed are all they who are persecuted for my name’s sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Though the teachings in 3 Nephi 12 closely mirror the Beatitudes in Matthew, the Book of Mormon version emphasizes the importance of baptism and receiving the Holy Ghost , which is seen as central to the blessings.
For he said, "Many shall come in My name, clothed outwardly in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves." And, "There shall be schisms and heresies." [1 Corinthians 11:19] And, "Beware of false prophets, who shall come to you clothed outwardly in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves."
Verse 4 is part of the opening paragraph of Uva letzion. [16] [17] Verse 12 is recited during Selichot. [16] Verse 26 is found in the repetition of the Amidah in the Rosh Hashanah morning service. [18] Verse 29 is a part of the Song of the Sea, which is recited during Pesukei dezimra in the morning prayer.
Matthew 5:11 is the eleventh verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament.It is the ninth verse of the Sermon on the Mount.Some commentators consider this verse to be the beginning of the last Beatitude, [who?] but others disagree, [who?] seeing it as more of an expansion on the eighth and final Beatitude in the previous verse.