Acts 20:24
But even the sacrifice of my life I count as nothing, if only I may perfect my earthly course, and be faithful to the duty which the Lord Jesus has entrusted to me of proclaiming, as of supreme importance, the Good News of God's grace.
Acts 21:13
His reply was, "What can you mean by thus breaking my heart with your grief? Why, as for me, I am ready not only to go to Jerusalem and be put in chains, but even to die there for the sake of the Lord Jesus."
Acts 1:17
For Judas was reckoned as one of our number, and a share in this ministry was allotted to him."
Acts 20:21
and urging upon both Jews and Greeks the necessity of turning to God and of believing in Jesus our Lord.
2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, being engaged in this service and being mindful of the mercy which has been shown us, we are not cowards.
Galatians 1:1
Paul, an Apostle sent not from men nor by any man, but by Jesus Christ and by God the Father, who raised Jesus from among the dead--
Titus 1:3
And at the appointed time He clearly made known His Message in the preaching with which I was entrusted by the command of God our Saviour:
Acts 9:15
"Go," replied the Lord; "he is a chosen instrument of Mine to carry My name to the Gentiles and to kings and to the descendants of Israel.
Acts 11:23
On getting there he was delighted to see the grace which God had bestowed; and he encouraged them all to remain, with fixed resolve, faithful to the Lord.
Acts 14:3
Yet Paul and Barnabas remained there for a considerable time, speaking freely and relying on the Lord, while He bore witness to the Message of His grace by permitting signs and marvels to be done by them.
Acts 20:32
"And now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace. He is able to build you up and to give you your inheritance among His people.
Acts 22:21
"'Go,' He replied; 'I will send you as an Apostle to nations far away.'"
Acts 26:17-18
I will save you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you to open their eyes,
Romans 3:24-26
gaining acquittal from guilt by His free unpurchased grace through the deliverance which is found in Christ Jesus.
Luke 2:10-11
But the angel said to them, "Put away all fear; for I am bringing you good news of great joy--joy for all the People.
John 15:27
And you also are witnesses, because you have been with me from the first.
John 17:4
I have glorified Thee on earth, having done perfectly the work which by Thine appointment has been mine to do.
Romans 4:4
But in the case of a man who works, pay is not reckoned a favour but a debt;
Romans 5:20-21
Now Law was brought in later on, so that transgression might increase. But where sin increased, grace has overflowed;
Romans 8:35-39
Who shall separate us from Christ's love? Shall affliction or distress, persecution or hunger, nakedness or danger or the sword?
Romans 11:6
But if it is in His grace that He has selected them, then His choice is no longer determined by human actions. Otherwise grace would be grace no longer.
1 Corinthians 9:17-18
And if I preach willingly, I receive my wages; but if against my will, a stewardship has nevertheless been entrusted to me.
1 Corinthians 9:24-27
Do you not know that in the foot-race the runners all run, but that only one gets the prize? You must run like him, in order to win with certainty.
1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my dear brethren, be firm, unmovable, busily occupied at all times in the Lord's work, knowing that your toil is not fruitless in the Lord.
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
We are hard pressed, yet never in absolute distress; perplexed, yet never utterly baffled;
2 Corinthians 4:16-18
Therefore we are not cowards. Nay, even though our outward man is wasting away, yet our inward man is being renewed day by day.
2 Corinthians 5:8
So we have a cheerful confidence, and we anticipate with greater delight being banished from the body and going home to the Lord.
2 Corinthians 6:4-10
On the contrary, as God's servants, we seek their full approval--by unwearied endurance, by afflictions, by distress, by helplessness;
2 Corinthians 7:4
I have great confidence in you: very loudly do I boast of you. I am filled with comfort: my heart overflows with joy amid all our affliction.
2 Corinthians 12:10
In fact I take pleasure in infirmities, in the bearing of insults, in distress, in persecutions, in grievous difficulties--for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.
Ephesians 1:6
to the praise of the splendour of His grace with which He has enriched us in the beloved One.
Ephesians 2:4-10
But God, being rich in mercy, because of the intense love which He bestowed on us,
Ephesians 3:13
Therefore I entreat you not to lose heart in the midst of my sufferings on your behalf, for they bring you honour.
Philippians 1:20-23
in fulfilment of my eager expectation and hope that I shall never have reason to feel ashamed, but that by my perfect freedom of speech Christ will be glorified in me, now as always, either by my life or by my death.
Philippians 2:17
Nay, even if my life is to be poured as a libation upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I rejoice, and I congratulate you all.
Philippians 3:13-15
Brethren, I do not imagine that I have yet laid hold of it. But this one thing I do--forgetting everything which is past and stretching forward to what lies in front of me,
Colossians 1:24
Now I can find joy amid my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my own person whatever is lacking in Christ's afflictions on behalf of His Body, the Church.
1 Thessalonians 2:2
But, as you will remember, after we had already met with suffering and outrage at Philippi, we summoned up boldness, by the help of our God, to tell you God's Good News amid much opposition.
1 Thessalonians 3:3
that none of you might be unnerved by your present trials: for you yourselves know that they are our appointed lot.
2 Timothy 1:12
That indeed is the reason why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know in whom my trust reposes, and I am confident that He has it in His power to keep what I have entrusted to Him safe until that day.
2 Timothy 3:11
and the persecutions and sufferings which I have endured; the things which happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra. You know the persecutions I endured, and how the Lord delivered me out of them all.
2 Timothy 4:6-8
I for my part am like a drink-offering which is already being poured out; and the time for my departure is now close at hand.
2 Timothy 4:17
The Lord, however, stood by me and filled me with inward strength, that through me the Message might be fully proclaimed and that all the Gentiles might hear it; and I was rescued from the lion's jaws.
Titus 2:11
For the grace of God has displayed itself with healing power to all mankind,
Titus 3:4-7
But when the goodness of God our Saviour, and His love to man, dawned upon us, not in consequence of things which we,
Hebrews 2:3-4
how shall *we* escape if we are indifferent to a salvation as great as that now offered to us? This, after having first of all been announced by the Lord Himself, had its truth made sure to us by those who heard Him,
Hebrews 10:34
For you not only showed sympathy with those who were imprisoned, but you even submitted with joy when your property was taken from you, being well aware that you have in your own selves a more valuable possession and one which will remain.
Hebrews 12:1-3
Therefore, surrounded as we are by such a vast cloud of witnesses, let us fling aside every encumbrance and the sin that so readily entangles our feet. And let us run with patient endurance the race that lies before us,
1 Peter 5:12
I send this short letter by Silas, our faithful brother--for such I regard him--in order to encourage you, and to bear witness that what I have told you is the true grace of God. In it stand fast.
1 John 3:16
We know what love is--through Christ's having laid down His life on our behalf; and in the same way we ought to lay down our lives for our brother men.
Revelation 12:11
But they have gained the victory over him because of the blood of the Lamb and of the testimony which they have borne, and because they held their lives cheap and did not shrink even from death.