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, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.

And after he had spent some time there, he departed and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.

Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

Who will also confirm you to the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

And sent Timothy, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellow-laborer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:

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

Exhorting

Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all that with purpose of heart they would cleave to the Lord.

Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

Then said Jesus to those Jews who believed on him, If ye continue in my word, ye are my disciples indeed;

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine: no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and are not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which hath been preached to every creature which is under heaven; of which I Paul am made a minister;

Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write to you concerning the common salvation, it was needful for me to write to you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith, which was once delivered to the saints.

We

And the brother will deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children will rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Ye are they who have continued with me in my temptations.

Ought not Christ to suffer these things, and to enter into his glory?

He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world, shall keep it to life eternal.

These things have I spoken to you, that ye should not be offended.

And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if we suffer with him, that we may be glorified together.

For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know.

Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

It is a faithful saying: For if we are dead with him, we shall also live with him:

And all indeed that will live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you:

Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold, the devil will cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful to death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

And I said to him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they who came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

General references

The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: