Acts 20:24
Yet I make no account of any [suffering], nor regard my life as of any value to myself, farther than as I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord, to testify fully the Gospel of the grace of God.
Acts 21:13
But Paul replied, Why do ye thus??eeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not only to be bound, but to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
Acts 1:17
For he was reckoned of our number, and had obtained an appointment to this ministry.
Acts 20:21
repeatedly urging both on Jews and Greeks repentance towards God, and faith towards our Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 4:1
THEREFORE having this ministry, as we have obtained mercy, we faint not;
Galatians 1:1
PAUL the apostle (not [sent] from men, nor by man, but by Jesus Christ, and our Father who raised him from the dead),
Titus 1:3
but hath manifested in his own appointed season his word by the preaching, with which I have been entrusted, according to the command of our Saviour God;
Acts 9:15
But the Lord said unto him, Go: for this man is an elect vessel for me, to bear my name before nations, and kings, and the children of Israel:
Acts 11:23
Who, when he arrived there, and beheld the grace of God, rejoiced, and exhorted them all, with full purpose of heart to adhere to the Lord.
Acts 14:3
A long space therefore continued they there speaking boldly in the Lord, who bore witness to the word of his grace, and granted signs and miracles to be wrought by their hands.
Acts 20:32
And now, brethren, I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which is able to finish the superstructure, and to give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
Acts 22:21
And he said to me, Go: for I will send thee forth to the Gentiles afar off.
Acts 26:17-18
delivering thee both from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom now I send thee,
Romans 3:24-26
justified freely by his grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus:
Luke 2:10-11
And the angel said unto them, Be not affrighted: for, behold, I bring you tidings of great joy, which shall be for all the people.
John 15:27
and ye too shall bear your testimony, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
John 17:4
I have glorified thee upon earth: I have completed the work which thou gavest me to perform.
Romans 4:4
Now to him that worketh, the reward is not brought to account as a favour, but as a debt.
Romans 5:20-21
But the law was introduced, that the offence might be more abundant. But where sin had abounded, there hath grace abounded more exceedingly:
Romans 8:35-39
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall distress of circumstances, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or the sword?
Romans 11:6
But if by grace, it is no more by works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if by works, it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
1 Corinthians 9:17-18
For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if unwillingly, I am entrusted with the dispensation [of it].
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Know ye not that they who run on the course, all run indeed, yet but one obtaineth the price? So run, that ye may obtain.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are afflicted on every side, yet not reduced to extremities; under difficulties, yet not in despair;
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
Therefore we never faint; for though our outward man decay, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
2 Corinthians 5:8
We are confident indeed, and with pleasure expect to go out from the body, and to dwell within with the Lord:
2 Corinthians 6:4-10
but in every thing approving ourselves as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in straits,
2 Corinthians 7:4
Great is my freedom of speech to you, great is my glorying over you: I am filled with consolation, I overflow with joy in all our tribulation.
2 Corinthians 12:10
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Ephesians 1:6
to the praise of the glory of his grace, whereby he hath made us acceptable in that beloved one;
Ephesians 2:4-10
But God, being rich in mercy, through the great love with which he hath loved us,
Ephesians 3:13
Wherefore I beseech you, that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.
Philippians 1:20-23
according to my firm expectation and hope, that I shall be confounded by no event, but that with all boldness, as always hitherto, Christ shall now also be magnified in my body, whether by my life or death.
Philippians 2:17
Yea, and should I become the victim, in the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
Philippians 3:13-15
Brethren, I count not myself to have overtaken it; but this one object I pursue, forgetting the things which are behind, and reaching out to those which are before,
Colossians 1:24
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh the measure of afflictions for Christ which remains to be endured for his body, which is the church,
1 Thessalonians 2:2
But though we had suffered before, and were infamously treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to preach unto you the gospel of God amidst a great conflict.
1 Thessalonians 3:3
that no man might be shaken by these tribulations; for ye yourselves know that thereunto we are appointed.
2 Timothy 1:12
For which cause also I suffer these things; but I am not ashamed: for I know on whom I have placed my confidence, and am persuaded that he is mighty to guard my deposit unto the great day.
2 Timothy 3:11
the persecutions, the sufferings, which beset me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, yet out of them all the Lord delivered me.
2 Timothy 4:6-8
For I am now ready to be sacrificed, and the time of my dissolution approaches.
2 Timothy 4:17
but the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that by me the preaching might be fully discharged, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was snatched out of the lion's mouth.
Titus 2:11
For the grace of God which leads to salvation hath appeared unto all men,
Titus 3:4-7
But even then the kindness and love of God our Saviour to man shone forth,
Hebrews 2:3-4
how shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation, which, commencing at the beginning to be spoken by the Lord, was confirmed unto us by those who had heard him;
Hebrews 10:34
For ye have been fellow-sufferers with my bonds, and received with joy the plundering of your properties, knowing in yourselves that you have in the heavens a better substance, and permanent.
Hebrews 12:1-3
THEREFORE also seeing we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, laying aside every weight, and that most easily besetting sin, let us run with patience the race lying before us,
1 Peter 5:12
By Silvanus, a faithful brother as I think, I have written to you a few words, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye are standing fast.
1 John 3:16
By this we have known the love [of Christ], because for us he laid down his own life: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
Revelation 12:11
And they have vanquished him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto death.