Acts 9:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake.

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  • Acts 21:11 : 11 And when he came to us, he took Paul's belt, bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus says the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
  • 2 Cor 11:23-27 : 23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often. 24 From the Jews five times I received forty lashes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have been in the deep; 26 In journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own countrymen, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; 27 In weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
  • 1 Thess 3:3 : 3 That no one should be unsettled by these afflictions, for you yourselves know that we are appointed to this.
  • John 15:20 : 20 Remember the word I said to you, 'The servant is not greater than his master.' If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.
  • John 16:1-4 : 1 I have spoken these things to you so that you may not be offended. 2 They will put you out of the synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. 3 And they will do these things to you because they have not known the Father, nor me. 4 But I have told you these things, so when the time comes, you may remember I told you about them. I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you.
  • Acts 9:14 : 14 And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.
  • Acts 20:22-23 : 22 And see, now I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me there, 23 except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that chains and tribulations await me.
  • Acts 21:4 : 4 And finding disciples, we stayed there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go to Jerusalem.
  • Isa 33:1 : 1 Woe to you who plunder, though you were not plundered; and who deal treacherously, though they did not deal treacherously with you! When you cease to plunder, you will be plundered; when you stop dealing treacherously, they will deal treacherously with you.
  • Matt 5:11 : 11 Blessed are you when men shall revile you and persecute you, and shall say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
  • Matt 10:21-25 : 21 And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father the child; and the children shall rise against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. 22 And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he who endures to the end shall be saved. 23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee to another: for truly I say to you, You shall not have gone through the cities of Israel before the Son of Man comes. 24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be like his master, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call those of his household?
  • Matt 24:9 : 9 Then they will deliver you up to be afflicted, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for my name’s sake.
  • 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that day.
  • 2 Tim 2:9-9 : 9 For which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of chains; but the word of God is not chained. 10 Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
  • 2 Tim 3:11 : 11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured. But out of them all the Lord delivered me.
  • 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you; for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you: on their part he is spoken of as evil, but on your part he is glorified.
  • Rev 1:9 : 9 I, John, who am also your brother and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island called Patmos, for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
  • 1 Cor 4:9-9 : 9 For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men. 10 We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honored, but we are despised. 11 Even to this present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless. 12 And we labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure it. 13 Being defamed, we entreat. We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.
  • 2 Cor 6:4 : 4 But in all things commending ourselves as the ministers of God: in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

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    10And there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and to him the Lord said in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.

    11And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he is praying,

    12And has seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in and laying his hand on him, so that he might receive his sight.

    13Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints in Jerusalem:

    14And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.

    15But the Lord said to him, Go your way: for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

  • Acts 9:1-6
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    1And Saul, still breathing out threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

    2And requested letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

    3And as he traveled, he came near Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven shone around him:

    4And he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?

    5And he said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting: it is hard for you to kick against the goads.

    6And trembling and astonished, he said, Lord, what do you want me to do? And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told you what you must do.

  • Acts 26:13-17
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    13At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me.

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    15And I said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom you persecute.

    16But rise, and stand upon your feet: for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of these things which you have seen, and of those things in which I will appear to you;

    17Delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you,

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    6And it happened, that as I made my journey and was near Damascus around noon, suddenly a great light from heaven shone around me.

    7And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?

    8And I answered, Who are you, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute.

    9And those who were with me indeed saw the light and were afraid, but they did not hear the voice of him who spoke to me.

    10And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me, Arise, and go into Damascus, and there it shall be told to you everything that is appointed for you to do.

    11And since I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of those who were with me, I came into Damascus.

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    17And Ananias went his way and entered the house; and laying his hands on him, said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

    18And immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he received his sight at once, and he arose and was baptized.

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  • Acts 22:18-19
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    18And saw him saying to me, Make haste and get quickly out of Jerusalem, for they will not receive your testimony concerning me.

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    9For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

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    13Then Paul answered, What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? for I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

  • Acts 20:22-23
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    22And see, now I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me there,

    23except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that chains and tribulations await me.

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    16However, for this reason I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show all patience as a pattern to those who are going to believe on Him for everlasting life.

  • Acts 26:9
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    9I truly thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

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    21But all who heard him were amazed, and said, Isn't this he who destroyed those who called on this name in Jerusalem, and has come here for that purpose, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests?

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    23That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first to rise from the dead, and should show light to the people, and to the Gentiles.

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    8And Saul arose from the ground; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one: but they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus.

  • 1 Cor 9:15-16
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    15But I have used none of these things, nor have I written these things that it should be done so to me; for it would be better for me to die than that anyone should make my boasting void.

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  • 2 Tim 3:11-12
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    11Persecutions, afflictions, which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured. But out of them all the Lord delivered me.

    12Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

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    30Having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear to be in me.

  • 1 Cor 9:23
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    23And this I do for the sake of the gospel, that I may be a partaker of it with you.

  • John 15:21
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    21But all these things they will do to you for my name's sake, because they do not know Him who sent me.