Acts 20:24
But now I count as nothing the sacrifice of my life, if only I can finish my race and render the service entrusted to me by the Lord Jesus, of faithfully telling the good news of God's favor.
Acts 21:13
Then Paul answered, "What do you mean by crying and breaking my heart? Why, I am ready not only to be bound at Jerusalem but to die there for the sake of the Lord Jesus."
Acts 1:17
for he was one of our number, and he received a share in this ministry of ours.
Acts 20:21
but constantly and earnestly I urged Greeks as well as Jews to turn with repentance to God and to have faith in our Lord Jesus.
2 Corinthians 4:1
So, because I hold a place in this ministry and that because I have had God's mercy shown me, I never give up.
Galatians 1:1
Paul, an apostle sent not from men or by any man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead --
Titus 1:3
but at the proper time made known as His message through the message that I preach with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Saviour;
Acts 9:15
But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name to the heathen and their kings, and to the descendants of Israel.
Acts 11:23
When he reached there and saw the spiritual blessing God had given them, he was delighted, and continuously encouraged them all with hearty purpose to continue to be devoted to the Lord;
Acts 14:3
In spite of this, however, they stayed there a considerable time and continued to speak with courage from the Lord, who continued to bear testimony to His gracious message and kept on granting signs and wonders to be done by them.
Acts 20:32
And now I commit you to the Lord, and to the message of His favor, which is able to build you up and to give you your proper possession among all God's consecrated people.
Acts 22:21
Then He said to me, 'Go, because I am to send you out and far away among the heathen.'"
Acts 26:17-18
I will continue to rescue you from the Jewish people and from the heathen to whom I am going to send you,
Romans 3:24-26
but anybody may have right standing with God as a free gift of His undeserved favor, through the ransom provided in Christ Jesus.
Luke 2:10-11
But the angel said to them: "Stop being afraid, for now I bring you good tidings of great joy which is to be for all the people;
John 15:27
And you too are to bear testimony to me, because you have been with me from the start."
John 17:4
I have glorified you down here upon the earth by completing the work which you have given me to do.
Romans 4:4
Now when a workman gets his pay, it is not considered from the point of view of a favor but of an obligation;
Romans 5:20-21
Then law crept in to multiply the offense. Though sin has multiplied, yet God's favor has surpassed it and overflowed,
Romans 8:35-39
Who can separate us from Christ's love? Can suffering or misfortune or persecution or hunger or destitution or danger or the sword?
Romans 11:6
But if it is by His unmerited favor, it is not at all conditioned on what they have done. If that were so, His favor would not be favor at all.
1 Corinthians 9:17-18
For if I do it of my own accord, I get my pay; but if I am unwilling to do it, I still am entrusted with trusteeship.
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Do you not know that in a race the runners all run, but only one can get the prize? You must run in such a way that you can get the prize.
1 Corinthians 15:58
So, my dear brothers, continue to be firm, incapable of being moved, always letting the cup run over in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the service of the Lord is never thrown away.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
On every side I am ever hard-pressed, but never hemmed in; always perplexed, but never to the point of despair;
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
So I never give up; instead, although my outer nature is wasting away, my inner nature is constantly renewed from day to day.
2 Corinthians 5:8
and yet I am cheerful and confident, but really I prefer to be away from home in the body and to be at home with the Lord.
2 Corinthians 6:4-10
On the contrary, I am trying in everything to prove to people that I am a true servant of God: by my tremendous endurance in sorrows, distresses, difficulties;
2 Corinthians 7:4
I have the greatest confidence in you; I speak most highly of you. I am fully comforted; in the face of all my sorrow my cup is running over with joy.
2 Corinthians 12:10
So I most happily boast about my weaknesses, so that the strength of Christ may overshadow me. That is why I take such pleasure in weaknesses, insults, distresses, persecution, and difficulties, which I endure for Christ's sake, for it is when I am consciously weak that I am really strong.
Ephesians 1:6
so that we might praise the splendid favor which He has shown us in His beloved Son.
Ephesians 2:4-10
But God, who is so rich in mercy on account of the great love He has for us,
Ephesians 3:13
So I beg you not to lose heart over the sorrows that I am suffering for your sake, for they bring you honor.
Philippians 1:20-23
in accordance with my eager expectation and hope that I shall never disgrace myself, but that now as always hitherto, by my all-conquering courage, whether by living or dying, Christ will be honored in me.
Philippians 2:17
Yes, even if I am pouring out my life as a libation on the sacrifice and service your faith is rendering, I am glad to do so and congratulate you upon it;
Philippians 3:13-15
Brothers, I do not think that I have captured it yet, but here is my one aspiration, so forgetting what is behind me and reaching out for what is ahead of me,
Colossians 1:24
I am now glad to be suffering for you, and in my own person I am filling in what is lacking in Christ's sufferings for His body, that is, the church.
1 Thessalonians 2:2
But, although we had just suffered and been insulted, as you remember, at Philippi, we again summoned courage by the help of God, in spite of the terrific strain, to tell you God's good news.
1 Thessalonians 3:3
so that none of you might be deceived amid these difficulties. For you knew yourselves that this is our appointed lot,
2 Timothy 1:12
This is why I am suffering so, but I am not ashamed of it, for I know whom I have trusted and I am absolutely sure that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day.
2 Timothy 3:11
my persecutions, my sufferings, such as befell me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra, such as I endured but the Lord delivered me out of them all.
2 Timothy 4:6-8
My life, indeed, is already ebbing out, and the time has come for me to sail away.
2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that the message preached by me might have its full effect and all the heathen might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's jaws.
Titus 2:11
For God's favor has appeared with its offer of salvation to all mankind,
Titus 3:4-7
But when the goodness and lovingkindness of God our Saviour were brought to light,
Hebrews 2:3-4
how can we escape, if we pay no attention at all to a salvation that is so great? This is so because it was first proclaimed by the Lord Himself, and then it was proved to us to be valid by the very men who heard Him themselves,
Hebrews 10:34
For you showed sympathy with those who were in prison and cheerfully submitted to the violent seizure of your property, for you knew that you had in yourselves and in heaven one that was lasting.
Hebrews 12:1-3
Therefore, as we have so vast a crowd of spectators in the grandstands, let us throw off every impediment and the sin that easily entangles our feet, and run with endurance the race for which we are entered,
1 Peter 5:12
By Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I regard him, I have written you this short letter, to encourage you and to testify that this is the true, unmerited favor of God. Stand firm in it.
1 John 3:16
We know what love is from the fact that He laid down His life for us; and so we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
Revelation 12:11
But they have conquered him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the message to which they bore testimony, because they did not cling to life but courted death.