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.

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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 replied, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

Who can separate us from the love of Christ?
Can affliction or anguish or persecution
or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

Therefore, since we have this ministry because we were shown mercy, we do not give up.

But as God’s ministers, we commend ourselves in everything:

by great endurance, by afflictions,
by hardship, by difficulties,

I have great confidence in you; I have great pride in you. I am filled with encouragement; I am overcome with joy in all our afflictions.

So I take pleasure in weaknesses, insults, catastrophes, persecutions, and in pressures, because of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

So then I ask you not to be discouraged over my afflictions on your behalf, for they are your glory.

On the contrary, after we had previously suffered, and we were treated outrageously in Philippi, as you know, we were emboldened by our God to speak the gospel of God to you in spite of great opposition.

so that no one will be shaken by these persecutions. For you yourselves know that we are appointed to this.

and that is why I suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, because I know the One I have believed in and am persuaded that He is able to guard what has been entrusted to me

until that day.

along with the persecutions and sufferings that came to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from them all.

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the proclamation might be fully made through me and all the Gentiles might hear. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.

For you sympathized with the prisoners and accepted with joy the confiscation of your possessions, knowing that you yourselves have a better and enduring possession.

Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us,

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and we are confident and satisfied to be out of the body and at home with the Lord.

My eager expectation and hope is that I will not be ashamed about anything, but that now as always, with all boldness, Christ will be highly honored in my body, whether by life or by death.

But even if I am poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I am completing in my flesh what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for His body, that is, the church.

This is how we have come to know love: He laid down His life for us. We should also lay down our lives for our brothers.

They conquered him
by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony,
for they did not love their lives
in the face of death.

I might

I have glorified You on the earth
by completing the work You gave Me to do.

Don’t you know that the runners in a stadium all race, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way to win the prize.

Brothers, I do not consider myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and reaching forward to what is ahead,

For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time for my departure is close.

And the

For he was one of our number and was allotted a share in this ministry.”

But the Lord said to him, “Go! For this man is My chosen instrument to take My name to Gentiles, kings, and the Israelites.

“Then He said to me, ‘Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.’”

I will rescue you from the people and from the Gentiles. I now send you to them

For if I do this willingly, I have a reward, but if unwillingly, I am entrusted with a stewardship.

Therefore, since we have this ministry because we were shown mercy, we do not give up.

Paul, an apostle—not from men or by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead—

In His own time He has revealed His message in the proclamation that I was entrusted with by the command of God our Savior:

To testify

I testified to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus.

You also will testify, because you have been with Me from the beginning.

how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first spoken by the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him.

General references

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me will find it.

For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of Me will save it.

so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard, and to everyone else, that my imprisonment is in the cause of Christ.