Acts 20:24

Weymouth NT

But even the sacrifice of my life I count as nothing, if only I may perfect my earthly course, and be faithful to the duty which the Lord Jesus has entrusted to me of proclaiming, as of supreme importance, the Good News of God's grace.

Cross References

Luke 16:28

For I have five brothers. Let him earnestly warn them, lest they also come to this place of torment.'

John 15:27

And you also are witnesses, because you have been with me from the first.

John 17:4

I have glorified Thee on earth, having done perfectly the work which by Thine appointment has been mine to do.

Acts 1:17

For Judas was reckoned as one of our number, and a share in this ministry was allotted to him.«

Acts 11:23

On getting there he was delighted to see the grace which God had bestowed; and he encouraged them all to remain, with fixed resolve, faithful to the Lord.

Acts 13:25

But John, towards the end of his career, repeatedly asked the people, »`What do you suppose me to be? I am not the Christ. But there is One coming after me whose sandal I am not worthy to unfasten.'

Acts 14:3

Yet Paul and Barnabas remained there for a considerable time, speaking freely and relying on the Lord, while He bore witness to the Message of His grace by permitting signs and marvels to be done by them.

Acts 15:7

and after there had been a long discussion Peter rose to his feet. »It is within your own knowledge,« he said, »that God originally made choice among you that from my lips the Gentiles were to hear the Message of the Good News, and believe.

Acts 18:5

Now at the time when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was preaching fervently and was solemnly telling the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

Acts 20:21

and urging upon both Jews and Greeks the necessity of turning to God and of believing in Jesus our Lord.

Acts 20:23

except that the Holy Spirit, at town after town, testifies to me that imprisonment and suffering are awaiting me.«

Acts 20:32

»And now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace. He is able to build you up and to give you your inheritance among His people.«

Acts 21:13

His reply was, »What can you mean by thus breaking my heart with your grief? Why, as for me, I am ready not only to go to Jerusalem and be put in chains, but even to die there for the sake of the Lord Jesus.«

Acts 22:21

»`Go,' He replied; `I will send you as an Apostle to nations far away.'«

Acts 9:15

»Go,« replied the Lord; »he is a chosen instrument of Mine to carry My name to the Gentiles and to kings and to the descendants of Israel.

Romans 11:6

But if it is in His grace that He has selected them, then His choice is no longer determined by human actions. Otherwise grace would be grace no longer.

Romans 4:4

But in the case of a man who works, pay is not reckoned a favour but a debt;

1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore, my dear brethren, be firm, unmovable, busily occupied at all times in the Lord's work, knowing that your toil is not fruitless in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 12:10

In fact I take pleasure in infirmities, in the bearing of insults, in distress, in persecutions, in grievous difficulties–for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong.

2 Corinthians 4:1

Therefore, being engaged in this service and being mindful of the mercy which has been shown us, we are not cowards.

2 Corinthians 4:12

Thus we are constantly dying, while you are in full enjoyment of Life.

2 Corinthians 5:8

So we have a cheerful confidence, and we anticipate with greater delight being banished from the body and going home to the Lord.

2 Corinthians 7:4

I have great confidence in you: very loudly do I boast of you. I am filled with comfort: my heart overflows with joy amid all our affliction.

Galatians 1:1

Paul, an Apostle sent not from men nor by any man, but by Jesus Christ and by God the Father, who raised Jesus from among the dead–

Ephesians 1:6

to the praise of the splendour of His grace with which He has enriched us in the beloved One.

Ephesians 3:13

Therefore I entreat you not to lose heart in the midst of my sufferings on your behalf, for they bring you honour.

Philippians 2:17

Nay, even if my life is to be poured as a libation upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I rejoice, and I congratulate you all.

Philippians 2:30

because it was for the sake of Christ's work that he came so near death, hazarding, as he did, his very life in endeavouring to make good any deficiency that there might be in your gifts to me.

Colossians 1:24

Now I can find joy amid my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my own person whatever is lacking in Christ's afflictions on behalf of His Body, the Church.

1 Thessalonians 2:2

But, as you will remember, after we had already met with suffering and outrage at Philippi, we summoned up boldness, by the help of our God, to tell you God's Good News amid much opposition.

1 Thessalonians 3:3

that none of you might be unnerved by your present trials: for you yourselves know that they are our appointed lot.

2 Timothy 1:12

That indeed is the reason why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know in whom my trust reposes, and I am confident that He has it in His power to keep what I have entrusted to Him safe until that day.

2 Timothy 3:11

and the persecutions and sufferings which I have endured; the things which happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra. You know the persecutions I endured, and how the Lord delivered me out of them all.

2 Timothy 4:17

The Lord, however, stood by me and filled me with inward strength, that through me the Message might be fully proclaimed and that all the Gentiles might hear it; and I was rescued from the lion's jaws.

Titus 1:3

And at the appointed time He clearly made known His Message in the preaching with which I was entrusted by the command of God our Saviour:

Titus 2:11

For the grace of God has displayed itself with healing power to all mankind,

Hebrews 10:34

For you not only showed sympathy with those who were imprisoned, but you even submitted with joy when your property was taken from you, being well aware that you have in your own selves a more valuable possession and one which will remain.

1 Peter 5:12

I send this short letter by Silas, our faithful brother –for such I regard him– in order to encourage you, and to bear witness that what I have told you is the true grace of God. In it stand fast.

1 John 3:16

We know what love is–through Christ's having laid down His life on our behalf; and in the same way we ought to lay down our lives for our brother men.

Revelation 12:11

But they have gained the victory over him because of the blood of the Lamb and of the testimony which they have borne, and because they held their lives cheap and did not shrink even from death.

Revelation 6:11

And there was given to each of them a long white robe, and they were bidden to wait patiently for a short time longer, until the full number of their fellow bondservants should also complete–namely of their brethren who were soon to be killed just as they had been.