Verse 32

Remember those earlier days after you had been enlightened, when you endured a hard struggle with suffering.

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  • Heb 6:4 : 4 For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit,
  • Gal 3:3-4 : 3 Are you so foolish? After beginning by the Spirit, are you now trying to complete it by human effort? 4 Did you suffer so much for nothing—if it really was for nothing?
  • Phil 1:29-30 : 29 For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him, 30 since you are experiencing the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.
  • Phil 3:16 : 16 Only let us hold true to what we have already attained.
  • Col 2:1 : 1 For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for all who have not seen me in person.
  • 2 Tim 2:3-9 : 3 Endure hardship as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. 4 No one serving as a soldier gets entangled in the affairs of civilian life; instead, they strive to please the one who enlisted them. 5 Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, they do not receive a victor's crown unless they compete according to the rules. 6 The hardworking farmer should be the first to partake of the crops. 7 Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything. 8 Remember Jesus Christ, who was raised from the dead, descended from David, according to my gospel. 9 For this gospel I suffer hardship, even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained. 10 For this reason, I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus, along with eternal glory. 11 This saying is trustworthy: If we have died with Him, we will also live with Him. 12 If we endure, we will also reign with Him. If we deny Him, He will also deny us. 13 If we are unfaithful, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
  • 2 Tim 4:7-8 : 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have kept the faith. 8 Now there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me but also to all who have loved His appearing.
  • Acts 8:1-3 : 1 Saul was in full agreement with his execution. On that day, a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all the believers, except the apostles, were scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria. 2 Devout men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. 3 But Saul began to destroy the church. Going from house to house, he dragged off men and women and put them in prison.
  • Acts 9:1-2 : 1 But Saul, still breathing out threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, approached the high priest. 2 He requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
  • Acts 26:18 : 18 to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
  • 2 Cor 4:6 : 6 For God, who said, 'Let light shine out of darkness,' has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Jesus Christ.
  • Heb 12:4 : 4 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
  • 2 John 1:8 : 8 Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but may receive a full reward.
  • Rev 2:5 : 5 Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the works you did at first. If not, I will come to you quickly and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you repent.
  • Rev 3:3 : 3 Remember, then, what you have received and heard; keep it and repent. If you are not alert, I will come unexpectedly like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you.