the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!
Read the Bible
King James Version
Matthew 5:10
Bible Study Resources
Concordances:
- Nave'sDictionaries:
- BridgewayEncyclopedias:
- InternationalDevotionals:
- DailyParallel Translations
Great blessings belong to those who suffer persecution for doing what is right. God's kingdom belongs to them.
Blessed are they which suffre persecucio for rightwesnes sake: for theirs ys the kyngdome of heuen.
"How blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake,2 Corinthians 4:17; 2 Timothy 2:12; 1 Peter 3:14;">[xr] for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them!
"Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
They are blessed who are persecuted for doing good, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
Blessed are those that have been persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed [are] they who are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
"Blessed [comforted by inner peace and God's love] are those who are persecuted for doing that which is morally right, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven [both now and forever].
"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
"Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Happy are they who are persecuted for righteousness sake; for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
"Blessed are those who have borne persecution in the cause of Righteousness, for to them belongs the Kingdom of the Heavens.
Blessid ben thei that suffren persecusioun for riytfulnesse, for the kingdam of heuenes is herne.
Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
God blesses those people who are treated badly for doing right. They belong to the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Happy are those who are attacked on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven will be theirs.
"How blessed are those who are persecuted because they pursue righteousness! for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.
Blessed they who are persecuted on account of righteousness, for *theirs* is the kingdom of the heavens.
Blessed they who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they that are persecuted on account of righteousness: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs!
Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousnesse sake: for theirs is the kingdome of heauen.
God blesses those who are persecuted for doing right, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs.
Those who have it very hard for doing right are happy, because the holy nation of heaven is theirs.
"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they which suffer persecution for righteousnes sake: for theirs is the kingdome of heauen.
Blessed are those who are persecuted for the sake of justice, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Happy, they who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake; for, theirs, is the kingdom of the heavens.
Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed (are) they which suffer persecution for righteousnes sake: for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen.
"Happy are those who are persecuted because they do what God requires; the Kingdom of heaven belongs to them!
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake, For theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, because theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they who have been persecuted for righteousness' sake! For theirs is the kingdom of Heaven.
`Happy those persecuted for righteousness' sake -- because theirs is the reign of the heavens.
Blessed are they which suffre persecucion for rightwesnes sake: for theirs is the kyngdome of heuen.
Blessed are they who are persecuted upon the account of righteousness: for their's is the kingdom of heaven.
"You're blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution. The persecution drives you even deeper into God's kingdom.
"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
God takes mighty good care of those who are put down because of their belief in him and the way they live, for their reward is his green, eternal pasture.
"Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
are: Matthew 10:23, Psalms 37:12, Mark 10:30, Luke 6:22, Luke 21:12, John 15:20, Acts 5:40, Acts 8:1, Romans 8:35-39, 1 Corinthians 4:9-13, 2 Corinthians 4:8-12, 2 Corinthians 4:17, Philippians 1:28, 2 Timothy 2:12, 2 Timothy 3:11, James 1:2-5, 1 Peter 3:13, 1 Peter 3:14, 1 Peter 4:12-16, 1 John 3:12, Revelation 2:10
for: Matthew 5:3, 2 Thessalonians 1:4-7, James 1:12
Reciprocal: Psalms 38:20 - because Psalms 44:22 - killed Psalms 89:51 - they have Isaiah 66:5 - Your Jeremiah 15:15 - know Jeremiah 20:2 - smote Matthew 3:2 - for Matthew 13:21 - for Matthew 22:6 - the remnant Mark 8:35 - for Mark 10:29 - for Luke 6:20 - for Acts 5:41 - rejoicing Acts 16:25 - sang Romans 5:3 - but we 2 Thessalonians 1:7 - who 2 Timothy 3:12 - shall Hebrews 11:25 - Choosing James 5:11 - we count 1 Peter 2:19 - for conscience 1 Peter 2:20 - this
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Blessed are they which are persecuted,.... Not for any crimes they have done, for unrighteousness and iniquity, as murderers, thieves, and evildoers, but
for righteousness sake: on account of their righteous and godly conversation, which brings upon them the hatred and enmity of the men of the world: for saints, by living righteously, separate themselves from them, and profess themselves not to belong to them; their religious life sets a brand upon, and distinguishes other persons; yea, it reproves and condemns their wicked lives and practices; and this fills them with wrath against them, and puts them on persecuting them: or by "righteousness" may be meant, a righteous cause, the cause of Christ and his Gospel; for by making a profession of Christ, showing a concern for his interest, and by engaging in a vindication of his person and truths, saints expose themselves to the rage and persecution of men: and particularly, they are persecuted for preaching, maintaining, or embracing, the doctrine of justification by the righteousness of Christ; because it is not of man, nor agreeable to the carnal reason of man; it is opposite to the way of justification, which men naturally receive; it excludes boasting, and is contrary to their carnal and selfish principles: persecution is either verbal with the tongue, by cruel mockings and reproachful language; or real, by deeds, such as confiscation of goods, banishment, imprisonment of body, and innumerable sorts of death: the latter seems here more especially designed, and both are expressed in the following verse; and yet the saints, though thus used, or rather abused, are happy;
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven: the same blessedness is predicated of these as of the poor in spirit, ver. 3.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Blessed are they which are persecuted - To persecute means literally to pursue; follow after, as one does a flying enemy. Here it means to vex, or oppress one, on account of his religion. They persecute others who injure their names, reputation, property, or who endanger or take their life, on account of their religious opinions.
For righteousnessâ sake - Because they are righteous, or are the friends of God. We are not to seek persecution. We are not to provoke it by strange sentiments or conduct; by violating the laws of civil society, or by modes of speech that are unnecessarily offensive to others. But if, in the honest effort to be Christians, and to live the life of Christians, others persecute and revile us, we are to consider this as a blessing. It is an evidence that we are the children of God, and that he will defend us. âAll that live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution,â 2 Timothy 3:12.
Theirs is the kingdom of heaven - They have evidence that they are Christians, and that they will be brought to heaven.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Matthew 5:10. They which are persecuted — δεδιÏγμενοι, they who are hard pressed upon and pursued with repeated acts of enmity. Parkhurst. They are happy who suffer, seems a strange saying: and that the righteous should suffer, merely because they are such, seems as strange. But such is the enmity of the human heart to every thing of God and goodness, that all those who live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution in one form or other. As the religion of Christ gives no quarter to vice, so the vicious will give no quarter to this religion, or to its professors.
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven. — That spiritual kingdom, explained Matthew 3:2, and that kingdom of glory which is its counterpart and consequence.
