Acts 20:19

New American Bible - revised edition

I served the Lord with all humility and with the tears and trials that came to me because of the plots of the Jews,

Cross References

Psalm 119:136

My eyes shed streams of tears because your law is not observed.

Jeremiah 13:17

If you do not listen to this in your pride, I will weep many tears in secret; My eyes will run with tears for the Lord’s flock, led away to exile.

Jeremiah 9:1

Oh, that I had in the wilderness a travelers’ lodging! That I might leave my people and depart from them. They are all adulterers, a band of traitors.

Luke 19:41

As he drew near, he saw the city and wept over it,

John 12:26

Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there also will my servant be. The Father will honor whoever serves me.

Acts 17:13

But when the Jews of Thessalonica learned that the word of God had now been proclaimed by Paul in Beroea also, they came there too to cause a commotion and stir up the crowds.

Acts 17:5

But the Jews became jealous and recruited some worthless men loitering in the public square, formed a mob, and set the city in turmoil. They marched on the house of Jason, intending to bring them before the people’s assembly.

Acts 20:3

where he stayed for three months. But when a plot was made against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return by way of Macedonia. Return to Troas.

Acts 20:31

So be vigilant and remember that for three years, night and day, I unceasingly admonished each of you with tears.

Acts 21:27

When the seven days were nearly completed, the Jews from the province of Asia noticed him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd, and laid hands on him,

Acts 27:23

For last night an angel of the God to whom [I] belong and whom I serve stood by me

Romans 1:1

Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God,

Romans 1:9

God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in proclaiming the gospel of his Son, that I remember you constantly,

Romans 12:11

Do not grow slack in zeal, be fervent in spirit, serve the Lord.

2 Corinthians 2:4

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not that you might be pained but that you might know the abundant love I have for you. The Offender.

2 Corinthians 3:5

Not that of ourselves we are qualified to take credit for anything as coming from us; rather, our qualification comes from God,

2 Corinthians 7:5

For even when we came into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted in every way—external conflicts, internal fears.

Galatians 1:10

Am I now currying favor with human beings or God? Or am I seeking to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ. His Call by Christ.

Ephesians 6:7

willingly serving the Lord and not human beings,

Philippians 3:18

For many, as I have often told you and now tell you even in tears, conduct themselves as enemies of the cross of Christ.

Colossians 3:24

knowing that you will receive from the Lord the due payment of the inheritance; be slaves of the Lord Christ.

1 Thessalonians 1:9

For they themselves openly declare about us what sort of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God

2 Timothy 1:4

I yearn to see you again, recalling your tears, so that I may be filled with joy,

James 1:2

Consider it all joy, my brothers, when you encounter various trials,

1 Peter 1:6

In this you rejoice, although now for a little while you may have to suffer through various trials,

2 Peter 1:1

Symeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received a faith of equal value to ours through the righteousness of our God and savior Jesus Christ:

Revelation 7:15

“For this reason they stand before God’s throne and worship him day and night in his temple. The one who sits on the throne will shelter them.