Acts 20:19
serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind, and with tears, and with trials, which came upon me through the plots of the Jews;
Acts 20:3
And having remained there three months, he determined to return through Macedonia, because a plot had been laid for him by the Jews, as he was about to sail to Syria.
Acts 20:31
Therefore watch, remembering that for three years, by day and by night, I ceased not to warn every one of you with tears.
Romans 12:11
in what requires diligence, be not slothful; in spirit, be fervent; in service, be devoted to the Lord;
2 Corinthians 2:4
For out of much affliction and distress of heart, I wrote to you with many tears: not that you might be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have more abundantly for you.
Philippians 3:18
For many walk, of whom I often said to you, and now say even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of the Christ,
Colossians 3:24
knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance: for you serve the Lord Christ.
Luke 19:41
And when he came near, he looked upon the city, and wept over it,
John 12:26
If any one serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall my servant also be. If any one serve me, him will my Father honor.
Acts 9:23-25
And, after many days had passed, the Jews determined to kill him.
Acts 13:50-51
But the Jews in cited the devout and influential women, and the first men of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their borders.
Acts 14:5-6
But when there was a violent purpose on the part of the Gentiles and of the Jews, with their rulers, to outrage and to stone them,
Acts 14:19-20
Then came thither, from Antioch and Iconium, Jews, who persuaded the multitudes; and having stoned Paul, they dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
Acts 17:5
But the unbelieving Jews, taking with them some evil men, who were loungers about the markets, and collecting a mob, set the city in an uproar; and having assaulted the house of Jason, they sought to bring them out to the people.
Acts 17:13
But when the Jews of Thessalonica learned that the word of God was preached by Paul in Berea also, they came thither, and excited the multitude.
Acts 27:23
For there stood by me this night an angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
Romans 1:1
PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
Romans 1:9
For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that, without ceasing, I make mention of you,
1 Corinthians 4:9-13
For I think that God has appointed us the apostles, to the lowest place, as under sentence of death; for we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.
1 Corinthians 15:9-10
For I am the least of the apostles, and I am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
2 Corinthians 3:5
not that we are able, of ourselves, to devise any thing, as from ourselves; but our ability is from God,
2 Corinthians 4:7-11
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be God's and not our own.
2 Corinthians 7:5
For when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest; but we were oppressed on every side: without were battles, within were fears.
2 Corinthians 11:23-30
Are they ministers of Christ? (I say it foolishly,) I am above them. In labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths often.
2 Corinthians 12:7-10
And, lest I should be too much exalted by the excellence of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I might not be too much exalted.
Galatians 1:10
For, do I now seek the favor of men, or of God? or do I strive to please men? If, indeed, I would still please men, I should not be the servant of Christ.
Galatians 4:13-14
You know that through weakness of the flesh I preached the gospel to you at the first:
Ephesians 6:7
with good will doing service as to the Lord, and not as to men;
1 Thessalonians 1:9
For they themselves declare concerning us what kind of entrance we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God,
2 Timothy 1:4
greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy;
James 1:2
My brethren, count it all joy, when you fall into manifold trials,
1 Peter 1:6
in which you rejoice, though now for a little while, since it is needful, you are in sorrow under various temptations;
2 Peter 1:1
SIMON PETER, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained faith, equally as precious as our own, in the plan of justification revealed by our God and Savior Jesus Christ:
Revelation 7:15
Therefore, they are before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple; and he that sits on the throne shall dwell among them.