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 ye 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 ye steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye 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 approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

Great is my boldness of speech towards you, great is my glorying concerning you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.

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

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

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

That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed to it.

For 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 to him against that day.

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

Notwithstanding, 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 ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the seizing of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

Wherefore, seeing we also are encompassed with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset 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 hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also, Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.

And if I am even 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 we perceive 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 to the death.

I might

I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

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

Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forward to 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 to him, Go, for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children 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 now I send thee,

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

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

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

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

To testify

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

And ye also shall bear testimony, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

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

General references

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

For whoever will save his life, shall lose it: but whoever 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;