Acts 20:24

Paul's Farewell To The Ephesian Elders

²³ except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me. ²⁴ But I do not consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God's grace. ²⁵ "And now I know that none of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom will see me again.

From the Lord

Good News

Gospel of God

Grace of God

Jesus Christ

Lord Jesus Christ

Love of God

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Preach The Good News

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Acts 21:13

Then Paul replied, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus."

Acts 1:17

for he was counted as one of us and received a share in this ministry."

Acts 20:21

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

2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged.

Galatians 1:1

From Paul, an apostle (not from men, nor by human agency, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead)

Titus 1:3

But now in his own time he has made his message evident through the preaching I was entrusted with according to the command of God our Savior.

Acts 9:15

But the Lord said to him, "Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel.

Acts 11:23

When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts,

Acts 14:3

So they stayed there for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace, granting miraculous signs and wonders to be performed through their hands.

Acts 20:32

And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace. This message is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.

Acts 22:21

Then he said to me, 'Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'"

Acts 26:17-18

I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you

Romans 3:24-26

But they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.

Luke 2:10-11

But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid! Listen carefully, for I proclaim to you good news that brings great joy to all the people:

John 15:27

and you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.

John 17:4

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

Romans 4:4

Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited due to grace but due to obligation.

Romans 5:20-21

Now the law came in so that the transgression may increase, but where sin increased, grace multiplied all the more,

Romans 8:35-39

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

Romans 11:6

And if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

1 Corinthians 9:17-18

For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility.

1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win.

1 Corinthians 15:58

So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 4:8-9

We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair;

2 Corinthians 4:16-18

Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day.

2 Corinthians 5:8

Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

2 Corinthians 6:4-10

But as God's servants, we have commended ourselves in every way, with great endurance, in persecutions, in difficulties, in distresses,

2 Corinthians 7:4

I have great confidence in you; I take great pride on your behalf. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in the midst of all our suffering.

2 Corinthians 12:10

Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.

Ephesians 2:4-10

But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,

Ephesians 3:13

For this reason I ask you not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.

Philippians 1:20-23

My confident hope is that I will in no way be ashamed but that with complete boldness, even now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether I live or die.

Philippians 2:17

But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice together with all of you.

Philippians 3:13-15

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead,

Colossians 1:24

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body -- for the sake of his body, the church -- what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.

1 Thessalonians 2:2

But although we suffered earlier and were mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of much opposition.

1 Thessalonians 3:3

so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this.

2 Timothy 1:12

Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me until that day.

2 Timothy 3:11

as well as the persecutions and sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all.

2 Timothy 4:6-8

For I am already being poured out as an offering, and the time for me to depart is at hand.

2 Timothy 4:17

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion's mouth!

Titus 2:11

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people.

Titus 3:4-7

But "when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared,

Hebrews 2:3-4

how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him,

Hebrews 10:34

For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly had a better and lasting possession.

Hebrews 12:1-3

Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us,

1 Peter 5:12

Through Silvanus, whom I know to be a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, in order to encourage you and testify that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.

1 John 3:16

We have come to know love by this: that Jesus laid down his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians.

Revelation 12:11

But they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die.