But and if ye suffer for righteousness" sake, happy are ye Better, "But even if ye suffer, blessed are ye," as reproducing more closely the beatitude of Matthew 5:10.

be not afraid of their terror The words are taken (as before, without any formula of citation) from the LXX. of Isaiah 8:12-13. "Terror" is here probably objective in its sense (as in Psalms 91:5), and "their terror"=the terror which they, your enemies and persecutors, cause.

Continues after advertising
Continues after advertising