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 answered Paul, What mean ye that ye weep, and break my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ for us? Shall affliction 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, since ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Therefore, having this ministry through the mercy we received, we are not fainthearted;

but as Gods ministers recommending ourselves in all things, in much endurance, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

Great is my confidence toward you, great is my glorying on your account; I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy in all our trouble.

Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses in behalf of Christ; for when I am weak, then am I strong.

Wherefore I entreat you not to be disheartened by the troubles I am suffering for you, since they are your glory.

but after we had suffered before and had been shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God in much conflict.

so that no one should be shaken by these afflictions; for yourselves know that to this we are appointed;

For which cause I suffer also these things. But I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which he hath committed to me unto that day.

persecutions, sufferings; what things came upon me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord delivered me.

But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that the preaching might be fully accomplished by me, and that all the gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the lions mouth.

For ye sympathized with those in bonds, and ye took joyfully the plundering of your goods, knowing that ye have for yourselves a better and an enduring substance.

Therefore let us also, being surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth easily beset us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us;

Neither

and are well pleased rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

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

But if I am even poured out on the sacrifice and ministration of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up instead that which is wanting of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh on behalf of his body, which is the church;

Herein we know love, in that he laid down his life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.

and they conquered him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives, even to death.

I might

I have glorified thee on the earth, having finished the work which thou gavest me to do;

Know ye not, that of those who run in the racecourse all run, but one receiveth the prize? Thus run, that ye may obtain.

Brethren, I do not reckon myself to have laid hold of it; but one thing I do, forgetting the things that are behind, and stretching forth to the things that are before,

For I am already about to be offered as a sacrifice, and the time of my departure is at hand.

And the

For he was numbered among us, and obtained the allotment of this ministry.

But the Lord said to him, Go; for this man is to me a chosen vessel, to bear my name before nations, and kings, and the sons of Israel.

And he said to me, Depart; for I will send thee far hence to the gentiles.

delivering thee from the people, and from the gentiles, to whom I send thee,

For if I do this willingly, I have a reward; but if unwillingly, still I have been intrusted with a stewardship.

Therefore, having this ministry through the mercy we received, we are not fainthearted;

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

but in his own seasons manifested his word through the preaching with which I was intrusted by the commandment of God our Saviour:

To testify

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

And ye also are witnesses, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation, which at the first was spoken through the Lord, and was confirmed to us through those who heard him,

General references

For whoever chooseth to save his life will lose it; and whoever shall lose his life for my sake will find it.

For whoever chooseth to save his life, will lose it; and whoever loseth his life for my sake, he will save it.

so that my bonds have become known in connection with Christ in the whole camp of the imperial guards, and to all the rest;