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.

None

Neither

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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Then Paul answered, What mean you to weep and to break my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also 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, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, since you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

But in all things presenting ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my boasting of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceedingly joyful in all our tribulation.

Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

Therefore I desire that you faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory.

But even after we had suffered before, and were shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much opposition.

That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for you yourselves know that we are appointed unto this.

For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.

Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.

However the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.

For you had compassion on me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that you have in heaven a better and an enduring possession.

Therefore seeing we also are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which does so easily ensnare us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Neither

We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.

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

Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.

Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:

By this perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto death.

I might

I have glorified you on the earth: I have finished the work which you gave me to do.

Know you not that they who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? So run, that you may obtain.

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,

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

And the

For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.

But the Lord said unto him, Go your way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send you far from here unto the Gentiles.

Delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send you,

For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a stewardship of the gospel is committed unto me.

Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not;

Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)

But has in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Savior;

To testify

Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

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

How shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;

General references

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it.

For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it.

So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;