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5:41). First Peter 4:13 says, “But rejoice,
inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's
sufferings; that, when his glory shall be
revealed, ye may be glad also with
exceeding joy,” and 1 Peter 3:14 and 17
says, “But and if ye suffer for righteousness’
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sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of
their terror, neither be troubled, For it
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better, if the will of God be so, that ye
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suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.”
God’s kind of love “believeth all things”
God’s kind of love is neither naïve nor
needlessly suspicious and will refuse to
believe a malevolent report unless that
report is well-supported. But God’s kind of
love also takes into consideration the
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