Blessed are you, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
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Tertullian of Carthage
AD 220
One), which bade him say, "Blessed shall ye be, when men shall bate you, and shall reproach you, and shall cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.".
If the tongue's bitterness break out in malediction or reproach, look back at the saying, "When they curse you, rejoice."