Acts 20:24

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Acts 20:24

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Summary

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

None

Neither

I might

And the

To testify

Acts 20:21

John 15:27

Hebrews 2:3

General references

Matthew 16:25

Luke 9:24

Philippians 1:13

Bible References

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Then Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not:

but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying on your behalf: I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy in all our affliction.

Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

Wherefore I ask that ye may not faint at my tribulations for you, which are your glory.

but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much conflict.

that no man be moved by these afflictions; for yourselves know that hereunto we are appointed.

For which cause I suffer also these things: yet I am not ashamed; for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed unto him against that day.

persecutions, sufferings. What things befell me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured. And out of them all the Lord delivered me.

But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that through me the message might me fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

For ye both had compassion on them that were in bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of you possessions, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better possession and an abiding one.

Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Neither

we are of good courage, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be put to shame, but that with all boldness, as always,'so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

Yea, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all:

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church;

Hereby know we love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.

I might

I glorified thee on the earth, having accomplished the work which thou hast given me to do.

Know ye not that they that run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? Even so run; that ye may attain.

Brethren, I could not myself yet to have laid hold: but one thing I do , forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before,

For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure is come.

And the

For he was numbered among us, and received his portion in this ministry.

But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles and kings, and the children of Israel:

And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee forth far hence unto the Gentiles.

delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom I send thee,

For if I do this of mine own will, I have a reward: but if not of mine own will, I have a stewardship intrusted to me.

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not:

Paul, an apostle (not from men, neither through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead),

but in his own seasons manifested his word in the message, wherewith I was intrusted according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

To testify

testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

and ye also bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard;

General references

For whosoever would save his life shall lose it: and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall find it.

For whosoever would save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

so that my bonds became manifest in Christ throughout the whole praetorian guard, and to all the rest;