Revelation 2:9
I know your tribulation and your poverty, (but you are rich) and the slander of those who say they are Jews, and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
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Matthew 4:10Then Jesus said to him, Begone, Satan: for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.
Luke 6:20And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed are you who are poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
Luke 22:65And they spoke many other insulting things against him.
Acts 14:22Strengthening the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying that through much tribulation we must enter the kingdom of God.
Romans 2:17Behold, if you call yourself a Jew, and rely upon the law, and boast of your relationship with God,
Romans 5:3And not only this, but we also rejoice in tribulations: knowing that tribulation works perseverance;
Matthew Henry on Revelation 2:9-12
The Church in Smyrna. ( a. d. 95.) 8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; 9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. 10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful… Read the whole commentary →