Acts 20:19
serving the Lord with all humility and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me because of the plots of the Jews.
Acts 20:3
where he stayed for three months. Because the Jews had made a plot against him as he was intending to sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.
Acts 20:31
Therefore be alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning each one of you with tears.
Romans 12:11
Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord.
2 Corinthians 2:4
For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you.
Philippians 3:18
For many live, about whom I have often told you, and now, with tears, I tell you that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ.
Colossians 3:24
because you know that you will receive your inheritance from the Lord as the reward. Serve the Lord Christ.
Psalm 119:136
Tears stream down from my eyes, because people do not keep your law.
Jeremiah 9:1
I wish that my head were a well full of water and my eyes were a fountain full of tears! If they were, I could cry day and night for those of my dear people who have been killed.
Jeremiah 13:17
But if you will not pay attention to this warning, I will weep alone because of your arrogant pride. I will weep bitterly and my eyes will overflow with tears because you, the Lord's flock, will be carried into exile."
Luke 19:41
Now when Jesus approached and saw the city, he wept over it,
John 12:26
If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me, and where I am, my servant will be too. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
Acts 9:23-25
Now after some days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him,
Acts 13:50-51
But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their region.
Acts 14:5-6
When both the Gentiles and the Jews (together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them,
Acts 14:19-20
But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead.
Acts 17:5
But the Jews became jealous, and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason's house, trying to find Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly.
Acts 17:13
But when the Jews from Thessalonica heard that Paul had also proclaimed the word of God in Berea, they came there too, inciting and disturbing the crowds.
Acts 27:23
For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve came to me
Romans 1:1
From Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God.
Romans 1:9
For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness that I continually remember you
1 Corinthians 4:9-13
For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to die, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to people.
1 Corinthians 15:9-10
For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
2 Corinthians 3:5
Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,
2 Corinthians 4:7-11
But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.
2 Corinthians 7:5
For even when we came into Macedonia, our body had no rest at all, but we were troubled in every way -- struggles from the outside, fears from within.
2 Corinthians 11:23-30
Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so: with much greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with more severe beatings, facing death many times.
2 Corinthians 12:7-10
even because of the extraordinary character of the revelations. Therefore, so that I would not become arrogant, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to trouble me -- so that I would not become arrogant.
Galatians 1:10
Am I now trying to gain the approval of people, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ!
Galatians 4:13-14
But you know it was because of a physical illness that I first proclaimed the gospel to you,
Ephesians 6:7
Obey with enthusiasm, as though serving the Lord and not people,
1 Thessalonians 1:9
For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
2 Timothy 1:4
As I remember your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy.
James 1:2
My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials,
1 Peter 1:6
This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials.
2 Peter 1:1
From Simeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ, have been granted a faith just as precious as ours.
Revelation 7:15
For this reason they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple, and the one seated on the throne will shelter them.