Acts 14:22

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.

Confirming

Exhorting

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General references

Genesis 49:23

Bible References

Confirming

And Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, gave teaching to the brothers and made them strong in the faith.

And having been there for some time, he went through the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, making the disciples strong in the faith.

Make strong the feeble hands, give support to the shaking knees.

Who will give you strength to the end, to be free from all sin in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the good news of Christ, to give you strength and comfort in your faith;

And after you have undergone pain for a little time, the God of all grace who has given you a part in his eternal glory through Christ Jesus, will himself give you strength and support, and make you complete in every good thing;

Exhorting

Who, when he came and saw the grace of God, was glad; and he made clear to them the need of keeping near the Lord with all the strength of their hearts:

Now when the meeting was ended, a number of the Jews and of the God-fearing Gentiles who had become Jews, went after Paul and Barnabas: who put before them how important it was to keep on in the grace of God.

Then Jesus said to the Jews who had faith in him, If you keep my word, then you are truly my disciples;

Be in me at all times as I am in you. As the branch is not able to give fruit of itself, if it is not still on the vine, so you are not able to do so if you are not in me.

If you keep yourselves safely based in the faith, not moved from the hope of the good news which came to you, and which was given to every living being under heaven; of which I, Paul, was made a servant.

My loved ones, while my thoughts were full of a letter which I was going to send you about our common salvation, it was necessary for me to send you one requesting you with all my heart to go on fighting strongly for the faith which has been given to the saints once and for ever.

We

And brother will give up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will go against their fathers and mothers, and put them to death.

Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross, and come after me.

But you are those who have kept with me through my troubles;

Was it not necessary for the Christ to go through these things, and to come into his glory?

He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever.

I have said these things to you so that you may not be in doubt.

And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.

And when we were with you, we said to you that trouble was before us; and so it came about, as you see.

Have no feeling of shame, then, for the witness of our Lord or for me, his prisoner: but undergo all things for the good news in the measure of the power of God;

This is a true saying: If we undergo death with him, then will we be living with him:

Yes, and all whose purpose is to be living in the knowledge of God in Christ Jesus, will be cruelly attacked.

Dear brothers, do not be surprised, as if it was something strange, if your faith is tested as by fire:

Have no fear of the things which you will have to undergo: see, the Evil One will send some of you into prison, so that you may be put to the test; and you will have great trouble for ten days. Be true till death, and I will give you the crown of life.

And I said to him, My lord, you have knowledge. And he said to me, These are they who came through the great testing, and their robes have been washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb.

General references

He was troubled by the archers; they sent out their arrows against him, cruelly wounding him: