Acts 14:22

Good News Translation

They strengthened the believers and encouraged them to remain true to the faith. “We must pass through many troubles to enter the Kingdom of God,” they taught.

Cross References

Isaiah 35:3

Give strength to hands that are tired and to knees that tremble with weakness.

Matthew 10:38

Those who do not take up their cross and follow in my steps are not fit to be my disciples.

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus said to his disciples, “If any of you want to come with me, you must forget yourself, carry your cross, and follow me.

Matthew 19:24

I repeat: it is much harder for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God than for a camel to go through the eye of a needle.”

Mark 10:30

will receive much more in this present age. They will receive a hundred times more houses, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields—and persecutions as well; and in the age to come they will receive eternal life.

Mark 9:47

And if your eye makes you lose your faith, take it out! It is better for you to enter the Kingdom of God with only one eye than to keep both eyes and be thrown into hell.

Luke 24:26

Was it not necessary for the Messiah to suffer these things and then to enter his glory?”

John 15:18

“If the world hates you, just remember that it has hated me first.

John 15:20

Remember what I told you: ‘Slaves are not greater than their master.’ If people persecuted me, they will persecute you too; if they obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours too.

John 16:33

I have told you this so that you will have peace by being united to me. The world will make you suffer. But be brave! I have defeated the world!”

John 3:5

“I am telling you the truth,” replied Jesus, “that no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.

Acts 11:23

When he arrived and saw how God had blessed the people, he was glad and urged them all to be faithful and true to the Lord with all their hearts.

Acts 11:26

When he found him, he took him to Antioch, and for a whole year the two met with the people of the church and taught a large group. It was at Antioch that the believers were first called Christians.

Acts 11:29

The disciples decided that they each would send as much as they could to help their fellow believers who lived in Judea.

Acts 13:43

After the people had left the meeting, Paul and Barnabas were followed by many Jews and by many Gentiles who had been converted to Judaism. The apostles spoke to them and encouraged them to keep on living in the grace of God.

Acts 14:20

But when the believers gathered around him, he got up and went back into the town. The next day he and Barnabas went to Derbe.

Acts 14:28

And they stayed a long time there with the believers.

Acts 15:32

Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets, spoke a long time with them, giving them courage and strength.

Acts 15:41

He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches.

Acts 18:23

After spending some time there, he left and went through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the believers.

Acts 6:7

And so the word of God continued to spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew larger and larger, and a great number of priests accepted the faith.

Acts 9:16

And I myself will show him all that he must suffer for my sake.”

Romans 8:17

Since we are his children, we will possess the blessings he keeps for his people, and we will also possess with Christ what God has kept for him; for if we share Christ's suffering, we will also share his glory.

1 Corinthians 1:8

He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be faultless on the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Philippians 1:29

For you have been given the privilege of serving Christ, not only by believing in him, but also by suffering for him.

Colossians 1:23

You must, of course, continue faithful on a firm and sure foundation, and must not allow yourselves to be shaken from the hope you gained when you heard the gospel. It is of this gospel that I, Paul, became a servant—this gospel which has been preached to everybody in the world.

1 Thessalonians 3:13

In this way he will strengthen you, and you will be perfect and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all who belong to him.

2 Timothy 1:8

Do not be ashamed, then, of witnessing for our Lord; neither be ashamed of me, a prisoner for Christ's sake. Instead, take your part in suffering for the Good News, as God gives you the strength for it.

2 Timothy 3:12

Everyone who wants to live a godly life in union with Christ Jesus will be persecuted;

1 Peter 2:21

It was to this that God called you, for Christ himself suffered for you and left you an example, so that you would follow in his steps.

1 Peter 5:10

But after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who calls you to share his eternal glory in union with Christ, will himself perfect you and give you firmness, strength, and a sure foundation.

1 Peter 5:9

Be firm in your faith and resist him, because you know that other believers in all the world are going through the same kind of sufferings.

2 Peter 1:11

In this way you will be given the full right to enter the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Jude 1:3

My dear friends, I was doing my best to write to you about the salvation we share in common, when I felt the need of writing at once to encourage you to fight on for the faith which once and for all God has given to his people.

Revelation 1:9

I am John, your brother, and as a follower of Jesus I am your partner in patiently enduring the suffering that comes to those who belong to his Kingdom. I was put on the island of Patmos because I had proclaimed God's word and the truth that Jesus revealed.

Revelation 2:10

Don't be afraid of anything you are about to suffer. Listen! The Devil will put you to the test by having some of you thrown into prison, and your troubles will last ten days. Be faithful to me, even if it means death, and I will give you life as your prize of victory.

Revelation 7:14

“I don't know, sir. You do,” I answered. He said to me, “These are the people who have come safely through the terrible persecution. They have washed their robes and made them white with the blood of the Lamb.