Acts 20:24

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Acts 20:24

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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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But Paul replied, Why do ye thus??eeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not only to be bound, but to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

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

Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

THEREFORE having this ministry, as we have obtained mercy, we faint not;

but in every thing approving ourselves as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in straits,

Great is my freedom of speech to you, great is my glorying over you: I am filled with consolation, I overflow with joy in all our tribulation.

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then am I strong.

Wherefore I beseech you, that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

But though we had suffered before, and were infamously treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to preach unto you the gospel of God amidst a great conflict.

that no man might be shaken by these tribulations; for ye yourselves know that thereunto we are appointed.

For which cause also I suffer these things; but I am not ashamed: for I know on whom I have placed my confidence, and am persuaded that he is mighty to guard my deposit unto the great day.

the persecutions, the sufferings, which beset me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, yet out of them all the Lord delivered me.

but the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that by me the preaching might be fully discharged, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was snatched out of the lion's mouth.

For ye have been fellow-sufferers with my bonds, and received with joy the plundering of your properties, knowing in yourselves that you have in the heavens a better substance, and permanent.

THEREFORE also seeing we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight, and that most easily besetting sin, let us run with patience the race lying before us,

Neither

We are confident indeed, and with pleasure expect to go out from the body, and to dwell within with the Lord:

according to my firm expectation and hope, that I shall be confounded by no event, but that with all boldness, as always hitherto, Christ shall now also be magnified in my body, whether by my life or death.

Yea, and should I become the victim, in the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh the measure of afflictions for Christ which remains to be endured for his body, which is the church,

By this we have known the love [of Christ], because for us he laid down his own life: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

And they have vanquished him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto death.

I might

I have glorified thee upon earth: I have completed the work which thou gavest me to perform.

Know ye not that they who run on the course, all run indeed, yet but one obtaineth the price? So run, that ye may obtain.

Brethren, I count not myself to have overtaken it; but this one object I pursue, forgetting the things which are behind, and reaching out to those which are before,

For I am now ready to be sacrificed, and the time of my dissolution approaches.

And the

For he was reckoned of our number, and had obtained an appointment to this ministry.

But the Lord said unto him, Go: for this man is an elect vessel for me, to bear my name before nations, and kings, and the children of Israel:

And he said to me, Go: for I will send thee forth to the Gentiles afar off.

delivering thee both from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom now I send thee,

For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if unwillingly, I am entrusted with the dispensation [of it].

THEREFORE having this ministry, as we have obtained mercy, we faint not;

PAUL the apostle (not [sent] from men, nor by man, but by Jesus Christ, and our Father who raised him from the dead),

but hath manifested in his own appointed season his word by the preaching, with which I have been entrusted, according to the command of our Saviour God;

To testify

repeatedly urging both on Jews and Greeks repentance towards God, and faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ.

and ye too shall bear your testimony, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

how shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation, which, commencing at the beginning to be spoken by the Lord, was confirmed unto us by those who had heard him;

General references

For whosoever is desirous to preserve his life, shall lose it; but whosoever would lose his life for my sake, shall find it.

For whosoever would preserve his life shall lose it; but whosoever would lose his life for my sake, shall preserve it.

so that my bonds are manifest in Christ through the whole palace, and all other places;