Acts 20:24

Moffatt

Acts 20:24

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Revelation 12:11

I might

And the

Galatians 1:1

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 replied, "What do you mean by weeping and disheartening me? I am ready not only to be bound but also to die at Jerusalem for the sake of the Lord Jesus."

What can ever part us from Christ's love? Can anguish or calamity or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or the sword?

Well then, my beloved brothers, hold your ground, immovable; abound in work for the Lord at all times, for you may be sure that in the Lord your labour is never thrown away.

Hence, as I hold this ministry by God's mercy to me, I never lose heart in it;

I prove myself at all points a true minister of God, by great endurance, by suffering, by troubles, by calamities,

I have absolute confidence in you, I am indeed proud of you, you are a perfect comfort to me, I am overflowing with delight, for all the trouble I have to bear.

It makes me satisfied, for Christ's sake, with weakness, insults, trouble, persecution, and calamity; for I am strong just when I am weak.

So I beg of you not to lose heart over what I am suffering on your behalf; my sufferings are an honour to you.

At Philippi, as you know, we had been ill-treated and insulted, but we took courage and confidence in our God to tell you the gospel of God in spite of all the strain.

to prevent anyone being disturbed by these troubles. (Troubles are our lot, you know that well;

and this is why I am suffering. Still, I am not ashamed of it; I know whom I have trusted and I am certain he is able to keep what I have put into his hands till the great Day.

my persecutions, my sufferings ??all that befell me at Antioch, Iconium and Lystra, all the persecutions I had to undergo, from which the Lord rescued me.

But the Lord supported me and gave me strength to make a full statement of the gospel and let all the heathen hear it. I was rescued from the jaws of the lion.

for you did sympathize with the prisoners, and you took the confiscation of your own belongings cheerfully, conscious that elsewhere you had higher, you had lasting, possessions.

Therefore, with all this host of witnesses encircling us, we must strip off every handicap, strip off sin with its clinging folds, to run our appointed course steadily,

Neither

and in this confidence I would fain get away from the body and reside with the Lord.

Even if my life-blood has to be poured as a libation on the sacred sacrifice of faith you are offering to God, I rejoice, I congratulate you all ??18 and you in turn must rejoice and congratulate me.

I am suffering now on your behalf, but I rejoice in that; I would make up the full sum of all that Christ has to suffer in my person on behalf of the church, his Body;

We know what love is by this, that He laid down his life for us; so we ought to lay down our lives for the brotherhood.

But they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they had to die for it, but they did not cling to life.

I might

I have glorified thee on earth by accomplishing the work thou gavest me to do;

Do you not know that in a race, though all run, only one man gains the prize? Run so as to win the prize.

Brothers, I for one do not consider myself to have appropriated this; my one thought is, by forgetting what lies behind me and straining to what lies before me,

The last drops of my own sacrifice are falling; my time to go has come.

And the

Judas did enter our number, he did get his allotted share of this our ministry.

But the Lord said to him, "Go; I have chosen him to be the means of bringing my Name before the Gentiles and their kings as well as before the sons of Israel.

But he said to me, 'Go; I will send you afar to the Gentiles ????'"

I will rescue you from the People and also from the Gentiles ??to whom I send you,

I get a reward if I do it of my own accord, whereas to do it otherwise is no more than for a steward to discharge his trust.

Hence, as I hold this ministry by God's mercy to me, I never lose heart in it;

PAUL an apostle ??not appointed by men nor commissioned by any man but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead, ??2 with all the brothers who are beside me, to the churches of Galatia;

To testify

bearing my testimony, both to Jews and Greeks, of repentance before God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

and you too are witnesses, for you have been with me from the very beginning.

how shall we escape the penalty for neglecting a salvation which was originally proclaimed by the Lord himself and guaranteed to us by those who heard him,

General references

for whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

for whoever wants to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake, he will save it.

throughout the whole of the praetorian guard and everywhere else it is recognized that I am imprisoned on account of my connexion with Christ,