Acts 20:19

Paul's Farewell To The Ephesian Elders

¹⁸ And when they came to him, he said to them: "You yourselves know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, ¹⁹ serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials which came upon me through the plots of the Jews; ²⁰ how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly and from house to house,

Serve the Lord

To the Lord

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Acts 20:3

There he spent three months, and when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.

Acts 20:31

Therefore be alert, remembering that for three years I did not cease night and day to admonish each one with tears.

Romans 12:11

Never be lacking in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serving the Lord.

2 Corinthians 2:4

For I wrote you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.

Philippians 3:18

For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, live as enemies of the cross of Christ.

Colossians 3:24

knowing that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.

Luke 19:41

And when he drew near and saw the city he wept over it,

John 12:26

If anyone serves me, he must follow me; and where I am, there my servant will be also. If anyone serves me, him my Father will honor.

Acts 9:23-25

When many days had passed, the Jews plotted to kill him,

Acts 13:50-51

But the Jews incited the devout women of high standing and the leading men of the city, and stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district.

Acts 14:5-6

When an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and the Jews with their rulers, to mistreat them and to stone them,

Acts 14:19-20

But Jews came there from Antioch and Iconium; and having won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

Acts 17:5

But the Jews were jealous, and taking some wicked men from the market place, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar; they attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring them out to the people.

Acts 17:13

But when the Jews of Thessalonica learned that the word of God was proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there too, agitating and stirring up the crowds.

Acts 27:23

For this very night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood before me,

Romans 1:1

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an 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 mention you always in my prayers,

1 Corinthians 4:9-13

For, I think that God has exhibited us apostles last of all, like men condemned to death; because 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 not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

2 Corinthians 3:5

Not that we are competent of ourselves to claim anything as coming from ourselves; but our competence is from God,

2 Corinthians 4:7-11

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.

2 Corinthians 7:5

For even when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turnconflicts on the outside and fears within.

2 Corinthians 11:23-30

Are they servants of Christ? I am a better oneI am talking like a madmanin far more labors, in far more imprisonments, with more beatings, and often in danger of death.

2 Corinthians 12:7-10

And to keep me from being too elated because of the abundance of revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to harass me, to keep me from being too elated.

Galatians 1:10

Am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Galatians 4:13-14

you know it was because of an illness in the flesh that I preached the gospel to you at first;

Ephesians 6:7

Render service with good will, as to the Lord, and not to men,

1 Thessalonians 1:9

For they themselves report about us what kind of a reception we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God,

2 Timothy 1:4

As I recall your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy.

James 1:2

Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials,

1 Peter 1:6

In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have to suffer various trials,

2 Peter 1:1

Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of 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 who sits on the throne will spread his tent over them.