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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I might

And the

To testify

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

So, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Therefore having this ministry, as we have obtained mercy, we faint not;

but in everything commending ourselves, as the ministers of God, in much patience, in tribulations, in straits, in difficulties,

My boldness to you is great, my rejoicing over you is much: I have been filled with consolation, I superabound with joy in all our tribulation.

Therefore I delight in infirmities, in insults, in difficulties, in persecutions, and in tight places, for Christ's sake: for when I am without strength, then I am dynamite.

but having suffered, and been abused, as you know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in much conflict.

that no one should be shaken in these tribulations. For you know that for this we are appointed.

on account of which cause I indeed suffer these things: but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to stand guard over that which is committed unto me unto that day.

persecutions, sufferings; such as came to me in Antioch, in Iconium, in Lystra; such persecutions as I endured: and the Lord delivered me out of them all.

but the Lord stood by me, and impowered me; in order that the preaching through me might be fulfilled, and all the Gentiles hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

For you suffered along with the prisoners, and received with joy the spoliation of your goods, knowing that you have a better and abiding possession.

Therefore let us indeed, having around us so great a cloud of witnesses, having laid aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us, run with patience the race which is set before us,

Neither

but we are confident and delighted rather to be absent from the body, and present with the Lord.

according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I shall be ashamed in nothing, but with all boldness, as always, even now Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

But if indeed I am poured out for a sacrifice and an offering for your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice along with you all;

Now I rejoice in sufferings in your behalf, and am filling up the residue of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh in behalf of his body, which is the church;

In this we know the divine love, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

And they conquered him through the blood of the Lamb, and the word of their testimony; and with divine love they love not their life unto death.

I might

I glorified thee upon the earth, having finished the work that thou hast given to me that I may do it.

Do you not know that those running in the stadium, indeed all run, and one receives the prize? So run, that you may receive it.

Brethren, I do not consider that I have yet received it;

For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.

And the

because he was numbered among us and received the lot of this ministry.

And the Lord said to him, Go: because he is a vessel of election to me, to bear my name both before the Gentiles, and kings, and sons of Israel:

And He said to me, Go: because I will send thee far away to the Gentiles.

delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee,

For if I do this willingly, I have a reward: but if unwillingly, I have been intrusted with a dispensation.

Therefore having this ministry, as we have obtained mercy, we faint not;

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

and manifested in his own seasons his word by preaching, with which I am intrusted, according to the commandment of God our Saviour;

To testify

witnessing both to Jews, and to Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

but you indeed are witnesses, because you are with me from the beginning.

how shall we escape, having neglected so great a salvation? which having received the beginning to be spoken by the Lord, was confirmed unto us by those who heard it;

General references

For whosoever may wish to save his soul shall lose it: and whosoever may lose his soul for my sake shall find it.

For whosoever may wish to save his soul shall lose it; and whosoever may lose his soul for my sake, he shall save it.

So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the pretorian army, and to all the rest;