Biblical Concept: Dioko
Vocabulary:
diw,kw / dioko - to put to flight, to pursue, by
implication to persecute.
Findings:
“persecuted for the sake of righteousness”
Persecuted then rewarded.
In Christ = persecution.
Persecution perspective.
Religious persecution.
Paul: Persecuted the Church.
pursue righteousness
“pursue the things which make for peace”
“when we are persecuted, we endure”
Relationship: Persecute, endure.
“Pursue love”
“persecuted, but not forsaken”
Flesh persecutes Spirit.
Press on in Christ.
Persecution compromise.
Seek good for one another. (Seek - imperative present active – Strong exhortation to keep-on seeking.)
Pursue righteousness.
Religious pursuit.
Bless those who persecute you (Insult not injury.)
2 Timothy 3:12 And indeed, all who desire to live godly in
Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
Pursue peace with all men.
“seek peace and pursue it”
Tribulation: Satan persecutes Israel.
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NAS Matthew 5:10 "Blessed are those who have been persecuted
for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
(“persecuted for the sake of righteousness”) (Persecuted then rewarded.)
11 "Blessed are you
when men cast insults at you, and
persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, on account of Me.
(In Christ = persecution.)
12 "Rejoice, and be
glad, for your reward in heaven is great, for so they persecuted the prophets
who were before you. (Persecution perspective.) (1 Peter 4:12-14 12 Beloved, do not be surprised at
the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though
some strange thing were happening to you; 13 but to the degree that
you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing; so that also at the
revelation of His glory, you may rejoice with exultation. 14 If you
are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of
glory and of God rests upon you.)
44 "But I say to
you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you (Insult not
injury.)
NAS Matthew 10:23 "But whenever they persecute you in this
city, flee to the next; for truly I say to you, you shall not finish going through the cities of Israel,
until the Son of Man comes. (In Christ = persecution.)
NAS Matthew 23:34 "Therefore, behold, I am sending you
prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and
some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to
city, (In Christ = persecution.)
NAS Luke 11:49 "For this reason also the wisdom of God
said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and some
they will persecute, (In Christ = persecution.)
NAS Luke 17:23 "And they will say to you, 'Look there! Look
here!' Do not go away, and do not run after them.(Run
after = dioko)
NAS Luke 21:12 "But before all these things, they will lay
their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you to the synagogues and
prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for My name's sake. (In Christ
= persecution.)
NAS John 5:16 And for this reason the Jews were persecuting
Jesus, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath. (Religious
persecution.)
NAS John 15:20 "Remember the word that I said to you, 'A
slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also
persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also. (In Christ =
persecution.)
NAS Acts 7:52 "Which one of the prophets did your fathers not
persecute? And they killed those who had previously announced the coming of the
Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become; (Religious
persecution.)
NAS Acts 9:4 and he fell to the ground, and heard a voice
saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?" (Paul:
Persecuted the Church.)
5 And he said, "Who
art Thou, Lord?" And He said,
"I am Jesus whom you are persecuting, (Paul: Persecuted the Church.)
NAS Acts 22:4 "And I persecuted this Way to the death,
binding and putting both men and women into prisons, (Paul: Persecuted the
Church.)
7 and I fell to the
ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting
Me?'(Paul: Persecuted the Church.)
8 "And I answered,
'Who art Thou, Lord?' And He said to me, 'I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are
persecuting.'(Paul: Persecuted the Church.)
NAS Acts 26:11 "And as I punished them often in all the
synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and being furiously enraged at
them, I kept pursuing them even to foreign cities. (Paul: Persecuted the
Church.)
14 "And when we had
all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew dialect,
'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the
goads.'(Paul: Persecuted the Church.)
15 "And I said, 'Who
art Thou, Lord?' And the Lord said, 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.
(Paul: Persecuted the Church.)
NAS Romans 9:30 What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did
not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, even the righteousness which
is by faith; (pursue righteousness)
31 but Israel, pursuing a
law of righteousness, did not arrive at that
law. (Religious pursuit.)
NAS Romans 12:13 contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing
hospitality. (practicing = dioko)
14 Bless those who
persecute you; bless and curse not. (Insult not injury.)
NAS Romans 14:19 So then let us pursue the things which make for
peace and the building up of one another. (“pursue the things which make for
peace”)
NAS 1 Corinthians 4:12 and we toil, working with our own hands; when we
are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure; (“when we are
persecuted, we endure”) (Relationship: Persecute, endure.)
NAS 1 Corinthians 14:1 Pursue love, yet desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but especially that you may
prophesy. (“Pursue love”)
NAS 1 Corinthians 15:9 For I am the least of the apostles, who am not
fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. (Paul:
Persecuted the Church.)
NAS 2 Corinthians 4:9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but
not destroyed; (“persecuted, but not forsaken”)
NAS Galatians 1:13 For you have heard of my former manner of life in
Judaism, how I used to persecute the church of God beyond measure, and tried to
destroy it; (Paul: Persecuted the Church.)
23 but only, they kept
hearing, "He who once persecuted us is now preaching the faith which he
once tried to destroy." (Paul: Persecuted the Church.)
NAS Galatians 4:29 But as at that time he who was born according to
the flesh persecuted him who was born according
to the Spirit, so it is now also. (Flesh persecutes Spirit.)
NAS Galatians 5:11 But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision,
why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been
abolished. (Religious persecution.)
NAS Galatians 6:12 Those who desire to make a good showing in the flesh
try to compel you to be circumcised, simply that they may not be persecuted for
the cross of Christ. (Persecution compromise.)
NAS Philippians 3:6 as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the
righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless. (Paul: Persecuted the
Church.)
12 Not that I have
already obtained it, or have already
become perfect, but I press on in order that I may lay hold of that for which
also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. (Press on in Christ.)
14 I press on toward the
goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. (Press on in
Christ.)
NAS 1 Thessalonians 5:15 See that no one repays another with evil for
evil, but always seek after that which is good for one another and for all men.
(Seek good for one another.) (Seek - imperative present
active – Strong exhortation to keep-on seeking.)
NAS 1 Timothy 6:11 But flee from these things, you man of God; and
pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance and gentleness. (Pursue righteousness.)
NAS 2 Timothy 2:22 Now flee from youthful lusts, and pursue
righteousness, faith, love and peace,
with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. (Pursue righteousness.)
NAS 2 Timothy 3:12 And indeed, all who desire to live godly in
Christ Jesus will be persecuted. (All)
NAS Hebrews 12:14 Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification
without which no one will see the Lord. (Pursue peace with all men.)
NAS 1 Peter 3:11 "And let him turn away from evil and do
good; Let him seek peace and pursue it. (“seek peace and pursue it”)
NAS Revelation 12:13 And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down
to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child. (Tribulation: Satan persecutes
Israel.)