Acts 14:22

Tree of Life Version

They were strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to persevere in faith, and saying, “It is through many persecutions that we must enter the kingdom of God.”

Cross References

Isaiah 35:3

Strengthen the limp hands, make firm the wobbly knees.

Matthew 10:38

And whoever does not take up his cross and follow after Me isn’t worthy of Me.

Matthew 16:24

Then Yeshua said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to follow after Me, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.

Matthew 19:24

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

Mark 10:30

who will not receive a hundred times as much now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and property, along with persecutions; and in the olam ha-ba , eternal life.

Mark 9:47

If your eye causes you to stumble, tear it out! It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than, having two eyes, to be thrown into Gehenna,

Luke 24:26

Was it not necessary for Messiah to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?”

John 15:18

“If the world hates you, know that it has hated Me before you.

John 15:20

“Remember the word I spoke to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you also. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also.

John 16:33

These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have shalom. In the world you will have trouble, but take heart! I have overcome the world!”

John 3:5

Yeshua answered, “Amen, amen I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

Acts 11:23

When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he was thrilled. He encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with heartfelt devotion.

Acts 11:26

and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met together with Messiah’s community and taught a large number. Now it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called “Christianoi.”

Acts 11:29

So the disciples decided to send relief to those brothers and sisters living in Judea, each according to his ability.

Acts 13:43

When the synagogue meeting broke up, many of the Jewish people and God-fearing inquirers followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and trying to persuade them to continue in the grace of God.

Acts 14:20

But while the disciples surrounded him, he got up and went back into the city. On the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.

Acts 14:28

And they stayed quite awhile with the disciples.

Acts 15:32

Judah and Silas, prophets themselves, encouraged the brothers and sisters with a long message and strengthened them.

Acts 15:41

He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the communities.

Acts 18:23

After spending some time there, he departed and went one place after another throughout the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples.

Acts 6:7

The word of God kept on spreading, and the number of disciples in Jerusalem greatly multiplied; even a great number of the kohanim were becoming obedient to the faith.

Acts 9:16

For I will show him how much he must suffer for My name’s sake.”

Romans 8:17

And if children, also heirs—heirs of God and joint-heirs with Messiah—if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.

1 Corinthians 1:8

He will also strengthen you until the end—blameless in the Day of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah.

Philippians 1:29

For to you was granted for Messiah’s sake not only to trust in Him, but also to suffer for His sake—

Colossians 1:23

if indeed you continue in the faith, established and firm, not budging from the hope of the Good News that you have heard. This Good News has been proclaimed throughout all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant.

1 Thessalonians 3:13

in order to strengthen your hearts as blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Yeshua with all His kedoshim. Amen.

2 Timothy 1:8

Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord or of me His prisoner, but share in suffering for the Good News according to the power of God.

2 Timothy 3:12

Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Messiah Yeshua will be persecuted.

1 Peter 2:21

For you were called to this, because Messiah also suffered for you, leaving you an example so that you might follow in His footsteps:

1 Peter 5:10

After you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace—who has called you into His eternal glory in Messiah—will Himself restore, support, strengthen, and establish you.

1 Peter 5:9

Stand up against him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being laid upon your brothers and sisters throughout the world.

2 Peter 1:11

For in this way entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Messiah Yeshua, will be richly provided for you.

Jude 1:3

Loved ones, though very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I felt it necessary to write to you urging you to continue to contend for the faith that was once for all handed down to the kedoshim.

Revelation 1:9

I, John, your brother and fellow partaker with you in the tribulation and kingdom and patient endurance that are in Yeshua, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Yeshua.

Revelation 2:10

Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, so that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Revelation 7:14

Then he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.