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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At this Paul replied, "What do you mean by crying and breaking my heart? I'm ready not only to be tied up in Jerusalem but even to die for the name of the Lord Jesus!"

Who will separate us from the Messiah's love? Can trouble, distress, persecution, hunger, nakedness, danger, or a violent death do this?

Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, unmovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that the work that you do for the Lord isn't wasted.

Therefore, since we have this ministry through the mercy shown to us, we do not get discouraged.

Instead, in every way we demonstrate that we are God's servants by tremendous endurance in the midst of difficulties, hardships, and calamities;

I have great confidence in you. I am very proud of you. I am very much encouraged. I am overjoyed in all our troubles.

That is why I take such pleasure in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties for the Messiah's sake, for when I am weak, then I am strong.

So then, I ask you not to become discouraged because of my troubles on your behalf, which work toward your glory.

As you know, we suffered persecution and were mistreated in Philippi. Yet we were encouraged by our God to tell you his gospel in spite of strong opposition.

so that no one would be shaken by these persecutions, for which you are aware that we were destined.

That is why I suffer as I do. However, I am not ashamed, for I know the one in whom I have put my trust, and I'm convinced that he is able to protect what he has entrusted to me until the day that he comes.

and how I was persecuted and suffered in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.

However, the Lord stood by me and gave me strength so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the gentiles could hear it. I was rescued out of a lion's mouth.

For you sympathized with the prisoners and cheerfully submitted to the violent seizure of your property, because you know that you have a better and more permanent possession.

Therefore, having so vast a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, and throwing off everything that hinders us and especially the sin that so easily entangles us, let us keep running with endurance the race set before us,

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We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from this body and to live with the Lord.

I rejoice because I eagerly expect and hope that I will have nothing to be ashamed of, because through my boldness the Messiah will be exalted through me, now as always, whether I live or die.

Yet even if I am being poured out like an offering as part of the sacrifice and service I offer for your faith, I rejoice, and I share my joy with all of you.

Now I am rejoicing while suffering for you as I complete in my flesh whatever remains of the Messiah's sufferings on behalf of his body, which is the church.

This is how we have come to know love: the Messiah gave his life for us. We, too, ought to give our lives for our brothers.

Our brothers conquered him by the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they did not cling to their lives even in the face of death.

I might

I glorified you on earth by completing the task you gave me to do.

You know that in a race all the runners run but only one wins the prize, don't you? You must run in such a way that you may be victorious.

Brothers, I do not consider myself to have embraced it yet. But this one thing I do: Forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead,

I am already being poured out as an offering, and the time for my departure has come.

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because he was one of our number and was appointed to share in this ministry."

But the Lord told him, "Go, because he's my chosen instrument to carry my name to unbelievers, to their kings, and to the descendants of Israel.

"Then he told me, "Go, because I'll send you far away to the gentiles.'"

I'll continue to rescue you from your people and from the gentiles to whom I'm sending you.

For if I preach voluntarily, I get a reward, but if I am unwilling to do it, I am still entrusted with that obligation.

Therefore, since we have this ministry through the mercy shown to us, we do not get discouraged.

From: Paul an apostle not sent from men or by a man, but by Jesus the Messiah, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead

At the right time he revealed his message through the proclamation that was entrusted to me by the command of God our Savior.

To testify

I testified to both Jews and Greeks about repentance to God and faith in our Lord Jesus.

You will testify also, because you have been with me from the beginning.

how will we escape if we neglect a salvation as great as this? It was first proclaimed by the Lord himself, and then it was confirmed to us by those who heard him,

General references

Whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it,

because whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.

As a result, it has become clear to the whole imperial guard and to everyone else that I am in prison for preaching about the Messiah.