Acts 15:26

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Men who have given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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  • Acts 14:19 : 19 But some Jews came to that place from Antioch and Iconium, and got control over the people; and after stoning Paul, they had him pulled out of the town, taking him for dead.
  • Acts 9:23-25 : 23 Then, after some days, the Jews made an agreement together to put him to death: 24 But Saul got knowledge of their design. And they kept watch day and night on the roads out of the town, so that they might put him to death: 25 But his disciples took him by night and let him down from the wall in a basket.
  • Acts 13:50 : 50 But the Jews, working up the feelings of the God-fearing women of high position and of the chief men of the town, got an attack started against Paul and Barnabas, driving them out of those parts.
  • Judg 5:18 : 18 It was the people of Zebulun who put their lives in danger, even to death, with Naphtali on the high places of the field.
  • 1 Cor 15:30 : 30 And why are we in danger every hour?
  • 2 Cor 11:23-27 : 23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death. 24 Five times the Jews gave me forty blows but one. 25 Three times I was whipped with rods, once I was stoned, three times the ship I was in came to destruction at sea, a night and a day I have been in the water; 26 In frequent travels, in dangers on rivers, in dangers from outlaws, in dangers from my countrymen, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the town, in dangers in the waste land, in dangers at sea, in dangers among false brothers; 27 In hard work and weariness, in frequent watchings, going without food and drink, cold and in need of clothing.
  • Phil 2:29-30 : 29 So take him to your hearts in the Lord with all joy, and give honour to such as he is: 30 Because for the work of Christ he was near to death, putting his life in danger to make your care for me complete.

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  • Acts 15:25
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    25 It seemed good to us, having come to an agreement together, to send these men to you, with our well loved Barnabas and Paul,

  • Phil 2:30
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    30 Because for the work of Christ he was near to death, putting his life in danger to make your care for me complete.

  • Rom 16:4
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    4 Who for my life put their necks in danger; to whom not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are in debt:

  • Acts 15:27
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    27 And so we have sent Judas and Silas, who will say the same things to you themselves, by word of mouth.

  • 1 Cor 15:30-31
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    30 And why are we in danger every hour?

    31 Yes, truly, by your pride in me, my brothers in Christ Jesus our Lord, my life is one long death.

  • Acts 1:21
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    21 For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,

  • Acts 11:30
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    30 Which they did, sending it to the rulers of the church by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.

  • Acts 20:24
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    24 But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.

  • Acts 21:13
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    13 Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? for I am ready, not only to be a prisoner, but to be put to death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

  • Acts 15:11
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    11 But we have faith that we will get salvation through the grace of the Lord Jesus in the same way as they.

  • 2 Cor 11:26
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    26 In frequent travels, in dangers on rivers, in dangers from outlaws, in dangers from my countrymen, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the town, in dangers in the waste land, in dangers at sea, in dangers among false brothers;

  • Phil 1:14
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    14 And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear.

  • 2 Cor 4:11
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    11 For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.

  • 3 John 1:6-7
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    6 Who have given witness to the church of your love for them: and you will do well to send them on their way well cared for, as is right for servants of God:

    7 For they went out for love of the Name, taking nothing from the Gentiles.

  • Rom 15:30-31
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    30 Now I make request to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you will be working together with me in your prayers to God for me;

    31 So that I may be kept safe from those in Judaea who have not put themselves under the rule of God, and that the help which I am taking for Jerusalem may be pleasing to the saints;

  • John 15:13
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    13 Greater love has no man than this, that a man gives up his life for his friends.

  • 2 Cor 8:21-22
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    21 For the business has been so ordered by us as to have the approval, not only of the Lord, but of men.

    22 And we have sent with them our brother, whose ready spirit has been made clear to us at times and in ways without number, but it is now all the more so because of the certain faith which he has in you.

  • 1 Thess 2:14-15
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    14 For you, my brothers, took as your examples the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; because you underwent the same things from your countrymen as they did from the Jews;

    15 Who put to death the Lord Jesus and the prophets, violently driving us out; who are unpleasing to God and against all men;

  • 1 Cor 16:13
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    13 Be on the watch, unmoved in the faith, and be strong like men.

  • Phil 1:28
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    28 Having no fear of those who are against you; which is a clear sign of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God;

  • Heb 13:6
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    6 So that we say with a good heart, The Lord is my helper; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me?

  • 2 Cor 1:8
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    8 For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:

  • Acts 14:15
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    15 Good people, why are you doing these things? We are men with the same feelings as you, and we give you the good news so that you may be turned away from these foolish things to the living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all things in them:

  • Phil 1:30
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    30 Fighting the same fight which you saw in me, and now have word of in me.

  • 1 Thess 2:6
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    6 Or looking for glory from men, from you or from others, when we might have made ourselves a care to you as Apostles of Christ.

  • Acts 13:26
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    26 My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who have the fear of God, to us the word of this salvation is sent.

  • Rom 15:26
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    26 For it has been the good pleasure of those of Macedonia and Achaia to send a certain amount of money for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.

  • Phil 2:25
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    25 But it seemed to me necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, who has taken part with me in the work and in the fight, and your servant, sent by you for help in my need;

  • 2 Cor 8:19
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    19 And not only so, but he was marked out by the churches to go with us in the grace of this giving which we have undertaken to the glory of the Lord and to make clear that our mind was ready:

  • 1 Cor 16:18
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    18 For they gave comfort to my spirit and to yours: for which cause give respect to such people.

  • 1 Thess 2:2
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    2 But after we had first undergone much pain and been cruelly attacked as you saw, at Philippi, by the help of God we gave you the good news without fear, though everything was against us.

  • 1 Thess 3:8
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    8 For it is life to us if you keep your faith in the Lord unchanged.

  • 1 Cor 4:9
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    9 For it seems to me that God has put us the Apostles last of all, as men whose fate is death: for we are put on view to the world, and to angels, and to men.

  • 1 Thess 5:13
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    13 And have a high opinion of them in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves.

  • 1 Cor 16:16
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    16 That you put yourselves under such, and under everyone who is helping the Lord's work.

  • Phil 2:20
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    20 For I have no man of like mind who will truly have care for you.

  • Acts 20:19
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    19 Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:

  • Eph 1:15
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    15 For this cause I, having had news of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and which you make clear to all the saints,

  • Acts 15:36
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    36 And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go back and see the brothers in every town where we have given the word of God, and see how they are.

  • 2 Cor 8:5
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    5 And going even farther than our hope, they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us after the purpose of God.

  • Phil 2:16
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    16 Offering the word of life; so that I may have glory in you in the day of Christ, because my running was not for nothing and my work was not without effect.

  • Acts 14:23
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    23 And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.

  • Acts 28:15
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    15 And the brothers, when they had news of us, came out from town as far as Appii Forum and the Three Taverns to have a meeting with us: and Paul, seeing them, gave praise to God and took heart.

  • Acts 14:3
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    3 So they kept there for a long time, taking heart in the Lord, who gave witness to the word of his grace by causing signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

  • Rom 14:18
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    18 And he who in these things is Christ's servant, is pleasing to God and has the approval of men.