an inverted world

my soul, consider:
the Word sets you at odds with
an inverted world.


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Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you
and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.
Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven,
for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Matthew 5

Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life

in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,

while evil people and impostors

will go on from bad to worse,

deceiving and being deceived.

2 Timothy 3

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I have told you these things,
so that in me you may have peace.
In this world you will have trouble.
But take heart! I have overcome the world.
John 16

My prayer is not that you take them out of the world
but that you protect them from the evil one.
John 17