Acts 20:24

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Acts 20:24

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Summary

But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

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Acts 20:21

John 15:27

Hebrews 2:3

General references

Matthew 16:25

Luke 9:24

Philippians 1:13

Bible References

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Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart.

But as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: through great endurance, in afflictions, hardships, distresses,

I have great confidence in you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. With all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy.

That is why, for Christ's sake, I am content in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties; for when I am weak, then I am strong.

Therefore I ask you not to lose heart at my tribulations for you, which are your glory.

but after we had already suffered and been shamefully treated in Philippi, as you know, we had the boldness in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in the face of great opposition.

so that no one would be unsettled by these afflictions. You yourselves know that we have been destined for this.

For this reason I also suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him until that day.

persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium and at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, yet the Lord rescued me from them all.

But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was rescued from the lion's mouth.

For you had compassion on the prisoners, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

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We are confident, I say, and would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be ashamed in anything, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death.

But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I do my share for the sake of his body, which is the church, in filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions.

By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives even to the death.

I might

I have glorified you on the earth, having finished the work which you have given me to do.

Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win.

Brethren, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,

For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come.

And the

For he was counted among us and received his share in this ministry."

But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;

And he said to me, 'Go; for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"

rescuing you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you,

For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if it is not of my will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me.

Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart.

Paul, an apostlesent not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead

and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior,

To testify

testifying both to Jews and to Greeks of repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.

how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was confirmed to us by those who heard him,

General references

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.

so that my imprisonment for Christ has become well known throughout the whole praetorian guard and to everyone else,