Red Letter Quotes Matthew 5:10 NIV

 

Matthew 5:10The Message (MSG)

 

You’re blessed when your commitment to God provokes persecution.  

The persecution drives you even deeper into God’s kingdom

 

Matthew 5:10Amplified Bible (AMP)

 

  Blessed and happy and enviably fortunate and spiritually prosperous (in the state in which the born-again child of God enjoys and finds satisfaction in God’s favor and salvation, regardless of his outward conditions) are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake (for being and doing right), for theirs is the kingdom of heaven!