Acts 14:22

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There they strengthened the disciples, encouraging them to remain faithful to what they’d been taught. “We have to go through many hard times to enter the kingdom of God,” they explained.

Cross References

1 Peter 5:10

After you’ve suffered for a little while, the God of all grace will restore you and make you strong, firm, and steadfast. He has called you to share in his eternal glory in Christ.

2 Timothy 3:12

In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be treated badly,

John 16:33

“I’ve told you these things so that you can have peace because of me. In this world you’re going to have trouble. But be encouraged! I’ve already defeated the world.”

Romans 8:17

And since we are his children, we’re going to inherit everything that Christ will also inherit. But we must share in his sufferings if we also want to share in his glory.

Revelation 2:10

Don’t be afraid of what you’re going to suffer. I tell you, the devil will put some of you in prison to test you, and you’ll be mistreated for ten days. Be faithful, even if you have to die, and I’ll give you life as your victory crown.

Colossians 1:23

But you must keep your faith steady and firm and not move away from the hope that the good news is offering you. This is the good news that you heard. It has been preached to every creature under heaven and I, Paul, am its servant.

2 Timothy 1:8

So don’t be ashamed of the message about our Lord, and don’t be ashamed of me, his prisoner. Instead, join with me as I suffer for the good news. God’s power will help us do that.

Acts 18:23

After Paul had spent some time there, he set out once again and traveled throughout Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples in those regions.

Matthew 10:38

Whoever doesn’t pick up their cross and follow me is not worthy of me.

Revelation 7:14

I answered, “Sir, you know.” He said, “They’re the ones who’ve come out of the time of terrible suffering. They’ve washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

2 Peter 1:11

You’ll receive a rich welcome into the kingdom our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. His kingdom will last forever.

Acts 9:16

I will show him how much he must suffer for me.”

1 Corinthians 1:8

God will keep you strong to the very end, so that you will be blameless on the day he returns.

Acts 15:41

Paul first went through Syria and Cilicia to strengthen the churches there.

Acts 15:32

Judas and Silas were prophets, and they said many things to encourage and strengthen the believers.

Luke 24:26

Didn’t the Messiah have to suffer these things and then receive his glory?”

Matthew 16:24

Then Jesus told his disciples, “All those who want to be my disciples must say ‘no’ to themselves, pick up their crosses, and follow me.

Acts 11:23

Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith. When he arrived and saw what God’s grace had done, he was very happy. He told them all to remain true to the Lord with their whole hearts. Even more people came to know the Lord.

John 15:20

Remember what I told you: ‘A slave is not greater than his master.’ If people have hated me and tried to hurt me, they will do the same to you. If they have obeyed my teaching, they will obey yours too.

Revelation 1:9

I, John, am your brother and your partner in the suffering, the kingdom, and the patient endurance of Jesus. I was on the island of Patmos because of God’s word and the testimony of Jesus.

Jude 1:3

Dear friends, I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share. But I felt that I had to write and urge you to stand up for the faith that God’s holy people have been trusted with once and for all time.

1 Thessalonians 3:13

May he strengthen your hearts so that you’ll be holy and blameless in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones.

Acts 6:7

So God’s word kept spreading. The number of disciples in Jerusalem grew quickly, and a large number of priests began to obey Jesus’ teachings.

Mark 10:30

will receive 100 times as much in this world. They will have other homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, and fields—and they’ll also be systematically oppressed by others. But in the world to come they’ll live forever.

Mark 9:47

If your eye causes you to sin, pull it out. It would be better for you to enter the kingdom of God with only one eye than to be thrown with two eyes into hell,

John 3:5

Jesus answered, “Truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they’re born of water and the Spirit.

Matthew 19:24

Again I tell you, it’s easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who’s rich to enter the kingdom of God.”

John 15:18

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

Acts 11:26

When he found him, he brought him back with him to Antioch. For a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught large numbers of people. It was there at Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.

Acts 11:29

The disciples decided to send help to the brothers and sisters living in Judea. All of them gave as much as they could,

Acts 14:20

But when the disciples gathered around Paul, he got up and went back into the city! The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe.

Acts 14:28

And they stayed there a long time with the disciples.

Philippians 1:29

You’ve been given the privilege, for the sake of Christ, not only of believing in him but also of suffering for him.

1 Peter 2:21

This is what God wants you to do. Remember, Christ suffered for you, and he left you an example that he expects you to follow.

1 Peter 5:9

Fight back against him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is going through the same kind of suffering.