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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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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Why do you weep and break my heart? Paul answered: For I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and unmovable. Always have plenty to do in the work of the Lord, for you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

We have this ministry to do, even as we obtained mercy, we do not lose heart.

In everything we commend ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

Great is my confidence in you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in our entire affliction.

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

So I ask you not to lose heart at my tribulations for you, for they are your glory.

After we suffered and were mistreated in Philippi, we had the boldness (confidence) in our God to speak the good news of God to you amid much opposition.

We do not want anyone to be discouraged by these troubles. You know we were bound to suffer persecution.

It is for this reason that I suffer these things. But I am still full of confidence, because I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to keep safe until that day what he has entrusted to me.

and also persecutions and sufferings. The things that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured. Out of them the Lord delivered me.

But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me; that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the people of the nations might hear. I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion (Satan the Devil) (great danger) (1 Peter 5:8) (Psalm 22:21) (1 Thessalonians 2:18).

You shared the sufferings of prisoners. When all your belongings were seized, you endured your loss gladly. This is because you knew that you possessed something much better, which would last forever.

A great cloud of witnesses surround us. Therefore let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that easily entangles us. Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.

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We are of good courage, I say, and are willing to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.

I will not be put to shame according to my earnest expectation and hope. With all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in me, whether by life or by death.

If I am offered for the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice with you all.

I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake. I do my share in behalf of his body, the congregation, to provide what is lacking of the afflictions of Christ.

By this we know love, because he (Jesus) gave his life for us. We ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

They conquered (overcame) him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they did not love their lives when faced with death.

I might

I glorified you on the earth. I accomplished the work you gave me to do.

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

Brothers, I could not yet have obtained it. But one thing I do, I forget the things that are behind, and stretch forward to the things that are ahead.

I am already being offered (poured out as an offering), and the time of my departure has come.

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He was numbered among us, and shared in this ministry.

The Lord said to him: Be on your way. This man is a chosen vessel to bear my name to the people of the nations, and kings and the children of Israel.

The Lord said: 'Go! I will send you far away to the people of the nations.'

I will rescue you from the people and the nations. I am sending you to them.

For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward. But if I do it against my will, I am just performing the trust of the good news committed to me.

We have this ministry to do, even as we obtained mercy, we do not lose heart.

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

In his own time he made his word known through the message that was entrusted to me according to the commandment of God our Savior.

To testify

I witnessed to both Jews and to Greeks about repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

You also bear witness because you have been with me from the beginning.

How shall we escape, if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first presented by the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him.

General references

He who wants to save his life will lose it. He who is willing to lose his life for my sake will find it.

He who would save his life shall lose it. He who would lose his life for my sake shall save it.

My imprisonment in Christ became known throughout the whole Praetorian Guard, and to all brothers.