Persecution

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Referenced by other concepts but not yet explicitly defined in any topic.

Episodes

  • Apologia Apologetics
  • Church As New Israel Diaspora
  • Church Indefectibility
  • Church-State Relations
  • Church-State Separation

Biblical References

  • Matthew 16:18 — *And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. *
  • 1 Timothy 3:15 — *in case I am delayed to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God, because it is the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth. *
  • John 15:20 — *Remember what I told you, ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours too. *
  • Acts 8:1 — And Saul agreed completely with killing him. Now on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.
  • Revelation 1:9 — *I, John, your brother and the one who shares with you in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus. *
  • Revelation 2:8-11 — “To the angel of the church in Smyrna write the following: “This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who is the first and the last, the one who was dead, but came to life: ‘I know the distress you are suffering and…