Acts 14:22

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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

1 Peter 5:10

Exhorting

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Bible References

Confirming

And Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with many a good counsel.

After spending some time there, he set out and went through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, in order, and strengthened all the disciples.

He will also keep you perfectly stedfast unto the end, so that you will be unreproveable in the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

I sent Timothy, my brother and God's fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen you and to hearten you in your faith.

But the God of all grace, who has called us by Christ Jesus to share his eternal glory, will, after you have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

Exhorting

When he arrived, and saw the grace of God, he was glad, and he encouraged them all to remain faithful to the Lord, with full purpose of heart;

When the congregation broke up, many of the Jews, and of the devout proselytes, followed Paul and Barnabas, who talked to them, and urged them to continue in the grace of God.

So Jesus spoke to the Jews that believed him, saying. "If you abide in my teaching, you are my true disciples;

"Abide in me, and I in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it abide in the vine, no more can you, unless you abide in me.

And this he will do if, indeed, you continue in the faith, firmly founded and stedfast, and never moved away from the hope of the gospel which you heard, and which has been proclaimed to every creature under heaven, that gospel of which I, Paul, was made a minister.

Beloved, although I was making all haste to write to you in regard to our common salvation, I am compelled to write you an appeal to defend the faith once for all committed to the saints.

We

"And brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against their parents and put them to death.

Then Jesus said to his disciples. "If any man wishes to come after me, let him renounce self, take up his cross, and follow me.

"You, however, are those who have stood by me in my trials.

"Behooved it not the Christ to suffer thus, and then to enter into his glory?"

He who loves his life loses it; and he who regards not his life in this world shall keep it for eternal life.

"I have told you all this so that you may not stumble.

and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and joint-heirs with Christ; but to share his glory, we must now be sharing his sufferings.

For even when I was with you I used to tell you beforehand that I was to suffer affliction; and so it proved, as you know.

Do not then be ashamed to bear witness for our Lord, nor for me, his prisoner. Nay, join with me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.

Faithful is the saying. "If we have died with him, we shall also live with him.

Yes, and all who purpose to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

Do not think it strange, beloved, that a fiery ordeal has come to test you, as though some surprising thing had befallen you.

Fear not what you are about to suffer! Behold, the devil is indeed going to put some of you in prison, that you may be tested, and you will have persecution for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

And I said to him, "You know, my Lord." And he said to me, "These are those who have come out of the great persecution, and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.