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

Temptations

1 Peter 1:6

By the

General references

1 Corinthians 2:3

Bible References

Serving

for there stood by me this night a messenger of God -- whose I am, and whom I serve --

if any one may minister to me, let him follow me, and where I am, there also my ministrant shall be; and if any one may minister to me -- honour him will the Father.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God --

in the diligence not slothful; in the spirit fervent; the Lord serving;

for now men do I persuade, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if yet men I did please -- Christ's servant I should not be.

with good-will serving, as to the Lord, and not to men,

having known that from the Lord ye shall receive the recompense of the inheritance -- for the Lord Christ ye serve;

for they themselves concerning us do declare what entrance we had unto you, and how ye did turn unto God from the idols, to serve a living and true God,

Simeon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who did obtain a like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ:

because of this are they before the throne of God, and they do service to Him day and night in His sanctuary, and He who is sitting upon the throne shall tabernacle over them;

With all

for I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I did persecute the assembly of God,

not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything, as of ourselves, but our sufficiency is of God,

for also we, having come to Macedonia, no relaxation hath our flesh had, but on every side we are in tribulation, without are fightings, within -- fears;

and that by the exceeding greatness of the revelations I might not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of the Adversary, that he might buffet me, that I might not be exalted overmuch.

and ye have known that through infirmity of the flesh I did proclaim good news to you at the first,

Many

'Therefore, watch, remembering that three years, night and day, I did not cease with tears warning each one;

Rivulets of waters have come down mine eyes, Because they have not kept Thy law!

Who doth make my head waters, And mine eye a fountain of tears? And I weep by day and by night, For the wounded of the daughter of my people.

And if ye do not hear it, In secret places doth my soul weep, because of pride, Yea, it weepeth sore, And the tear cometh down mine eyes, For the flock of Jehovah hath been taken captive.

And when he came nigh, having seen the city, he wept over it,

for out of much tribulation and pressure of heart I wrote to you through many tears, not that ye might be made sorry, but that ye might know the love that I have more abundantly toward you.

for many walk of whom many times I told you -- and now also weeping tell -- the enemies of the cross of the Christ!

desiring greatly to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that with joy I may be filled,

Temptations

for I think that God did set forth us the apostles last -- as appointed to death, because a spectacle we became to the world, and messengers, and men;

And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us;

ministrants of Christ are they? -- as beside myself I speak -- I more; in labours more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths many times;

All joy count it, my brethren, when ye may fall into temptations manifold;

in which ye are glad, a little now, if it be necessary, being made to sorrow in manifold trials,

By the

having made also three months' stay -- a counsel of the Jews having been against him -- being about to set forth to Syria, there came to him a resolution of returning through Macedonia.

And when many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel together to kill him,

And the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the first men of the city, and did raise persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and did put them out from their borders;

and when there was a purpose both of the nations and of the Jews with their rulers to use them despitefully, and to stone them,

And the unbelieving Jews, having been moved with envy, and having taken to them of the loungers certain evil men, and having made a crowd, were setting the city in an uproar; having assailed also the house of Jason, they were seeking them to bring them to the populace,

journeyings many times, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from kindred, perils from nations, perils in city, perils in wilderness, perils in sea, perils among false brethren;

General references

and I, in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling, was with you;