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TDNT Reference: 2:229,177
Strong's Number G1377 matches the Greek διώκω (diōkō),
which occurs 44 times in 43 verses
in the TR Greek.
“Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.
“You are blessed when they insult you and persecute you and falsely say every kind of evil against you because of me.
“Be glad and rejoice, because your reward is great in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
“When they persecute you in one town, flee to another. For truly I tell you, you will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
“This is why I am sending you prophets, sages, and scribes. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town.
“They will say to you, ‘See there! ’ or ‘See here! ’ Don’t follow or run after them.
“But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you. They will hand you over to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.
Therefore, the Jews began persecuting Jesus[fn] because he was doing these things on the Sabbath.
“Remember the word I spoke to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
“Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.
Falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? ”
“Who are you, Lord? ” Saul said.
“I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting,” he replied.
“I persecuted this Way to the death, arresting and putting both men and women in jail,
“I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? ’
“I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord? ’
“He said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, the one you are persecuting.’
“In all the synagogues I often punished them and tried to make them blaspheme. Since I was terribly enraged at them, I pursued them even to foreign cities.
“We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice speaking to me in Aramaic,[fn] ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
“I asked, ‘Who are you, Lord? ’
“And the Lord replied, ‘I am Jesus, the one you are persecuting.
What should we say then? Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, have obtained righteousness — namely the righteousness that comes from faith.
But Israel, pursuing the law of righteousness, has not achieved the righteousness of the law.[fn]
we labor, working with our own hands. When we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;
For I am the least of the apostles, not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
For you have heard about my former way of life in Judaism: I intensely persecuted God’s church and tried to destroy it.
They simply kept hearing, “He who formerly persecuted us now preaches the faith he once tried to destroy.”
But just as then the child born as a result of the flesh persecuted the one born as a result of the Spirit, so also now.
Now brothers and sisters, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been abolished.
Those who want to make a good impression in the flesh are the ones who would compel you to be circumcised — but only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.
regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness that is in the law, blameless.
Not that I have already reached the goal or am already perfect, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus.
See to it that no one repays evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all.
But you, man of God, flee from these things, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness.
Flee from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.
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