Living So Well It Isn’t True

Send us Fan Mail Living So Well It Isn’t True “Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.” — Matthew 5:11 Not all criticism is persecution. Sometimes it’s correction. Sometimes it’s a mirror. But Jesus speaks here about accusations that are false— words spoken to wound, distort, or discredit. The word translated revile carries the sense of being insulted or shamed (oneidizō, ὀνειδίζω). It names attacks on rep...