Acts 20:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:

Serving

With all

Galatians 4:13

Many

2 Timothy 1:4

Temptations

1 Peter 1:6

By the

General references

1 Corinthians 2:3

Bible References

Serving

For just last night an angel of God, to whom I belong and whom I serve, stood by my side

If anyone serves me, he must continue to follow me, and my servant also must go wherever I go. If anyone serves me, my Father will show him honor.

Paul, a slave of Jesus Christ, called as an apostle, set apart to preach God's good news,

never slack in earnestness, always on fire with the Spirit, always serving the Lord,

Am I now trying to win men's favor, or God's? Or, am I trying to be pleasing to men? If I were still trying to be pleasing to men, I would not be a slave of Christ at all.

Heartily and cheerfully keep on working as slaves, as though it were for the Lord and not for men,

for you know that it is from the Lord that you are going to get your pay in the form of an inheritance; so keep on serving Christ the Lord.

For the people themselves tell us what a welcome you gave us, and how you turned from idols to the true God, to serve the God who lives on and is real,

Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ have obtained the same precious faith that we have:

This is why they are before the throne of God, and day and night serve Him in His temple, and He who is seated on His throne will shelter them in His tent.

With all

For I belong to the lowest rank of the apostles, and am not fit to bear the title apostle, because I once persecuted the church of God.

Not that I am myself qualified to consider anything as coming from me myself. No, my qualification comes from God, for

For even after I had gotten to Macedonia, my frail, human nature could find no relief; I was crushed with sorrow at every turn -- fighting without and fears within.

So, to keep me from being over-elated, there was sent upon me a physical disease, sharp as a piercing stake, a messenger of Satan, to continue afflicting me, and so to keep me, I repeat, from being over-elated.

And yet you know that it was because of an illness of mine that I preached the good news to you the first time,

Many

So ever be on your guard and always remember that for three years, night and day, I never ceased warning you one by one, and that with tears.

As He approached it, just as soon as He saw the city, He burst into tears over it,

For out of great sorrow and distress of heart, yes, while shedding many tears, I wrote you, not to make you sad but to make you realize that my love for you continues running over.

For there are many, of whom I have often told you, and now tell you in tears, who practice living as the enemies of the cross of Christ.

to see you again, that I may feel the fullest joy

Temptations

For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on exhibition at the disgraced end of the procession, as they do with men who are doomed to die in the arena.

But I am keeping this jewel in an earthen jar, to prove that its surpassing power is God's, not mine.

Are they ministers of Christ? So am I. I am talking like a man that has gone crazy -- as such I am superior! -- serving Him with labors greater by far, with far more imprisonments, with floggings vastly worse, and often at the point of death.

You must consider it the purest joy, my brothers, when you are involved in various trials,

In such a hope keep on rejoicing, although for a little while you must be sorrow-stricken with various trials,

By the

where he stayed three months. Just as he was about to sail for Syria, he changed his mind and returned by way of Macedonia, because a plot against him had been laid by the Jews.

After several days had gone by, the Jews laid a plot to murder him,

But the Jews stirred up the devout women of high rank and the men of first rank in town, and so started a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.

And so when there was a movement on the part of both the heathen and the Jews, along with their authorities, to insult and stone them,

But this enraged the Jews; so they got together some wicked loafers about the public square, formed a mob, and set the town in an uproar.

I have served Him on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my own people, dangers from the heathen, dangers in the city, dangers in the desert, dangers at sea, dangers from false brothers,

General references

Yes, as for myself, it was in weakness and fear and great trembling that I came to you,