Acts 20:19

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serving the Lord with all humility and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me because of the plots of the Jews.

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  • Acts 20:3 : 3 where he stayed for three months. Because the Jews had made a plot against him as he was intending to sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia.
  • Acts 20:31 : 31 Therefore be alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning each one of you with tears.
  • Rom 12:11 : 11 Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord.
  • Phil 3:18 : 18 For many live, about whom I have often told you, and now, with tears, I tell you that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ.
  • Col 3:24 : 24 because you know that you will receive your inheritance from the Lord as the reward. Serve the Lord Christ.
  • 2 Cor 2:4 : 4 For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you.
  • 2 Cor 3:5 : 5 Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,
  • 2 Cor 4:7-9 : 7 An Eternal Weight of Glory But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us. 8 We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 we are persecuted, but not abandoned; we are knocked down, but not destroyed, 10 always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our body. 11 For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal body.
  • 2 Cor 7:5 : 5 For even when we came into Macedonia, our body had no rest at all, but we were troubled in every way– struggles from the outside, fears from within.
  • 2 Cor 11:23-30 : 23 Are they servants of Christ?(I am talking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so: with much greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with more severe beatings, facing death many times. 24 Five times I received from the Jews forty lashes less one. 25 Three times I was beaten with a rod. Once I received a stoning. Three times I suffered shipwreck. A night and a day I spent adrift in the open sea. 26 I have been on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own countrymen, in dangers from Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers from false brothers, 27 in hard work and toil, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing. 28 Apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxious concern for all the churches. 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with indignation? 30 If I must boast, I will boast about the things that show my weakness.
  • 2 Cor 12:7-9 : 7 even because of the extraordinary character of the revelations. Therefore, so that I would not become arrogant, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to trouble me– so that I would not become arrogant. 8 I asked the Lord three times about this, that it would depart from me. 9 But he said to me,“My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me. 10 Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.
  • Gal 1:10 : 10 Am I now trying to gain the approval of people, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ!
  • Gal 4:13-14 : 13 Personal Appeal of Paul But you know it was because of a physical illness that I first proclaimed the gospel to you, 14 and though my physical condition put you to the test, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as though I were an angel of God, as though I were Christ Jesus himself!
  • Eph 6:7 : 7 Obey with enthusiasm, as though serving the Lord and not people,
  • Ps 119:136 : 136 Tears stream down from my eyes, because people do not keep your law.
  • Jer 9:1 : 1 (8:23) I wish that my head were a well full of water and my eyes were a fountain full of tears! If they were, I could cry day and night for those of my dear people who have been killed.
  • Jer 13:17 : 17 But if you will not pay attention to this warning, I will weep alone because of your arrogant pride. I will weep bitterly, and my eyes will overflow with tears because you, the LORD’s flock, will be carried into exile.”
  • Luke 19:41 : 41 Jesus Weeps for Jerusalem under Judgment Now when Jesus approached and saw the city, he wept over it,
  • John 12:26 : 26 If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me, and where I am, my servant will be too. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
  • Acts 9:23-25 : 23 Saul’s Escape from Damascus Now after some days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him, 24 but Saul learned of their plot against him. They were also watching the city gates day and night so that they could kill him. 25 But his disciples took him at night and let him down through an opening in the wall by lowering him in a basket.
  • Acts 13:50-51 : 50 But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their region. 51 So after they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them, they went to Iconium.
  • Acts 14:5-6 : 5 When both the Gentiles and the Jews(together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them, 6 Paul and Barnabas learned about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding region.
  • Acts 14:19-20 : 19 But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead. 20 But after the disciples had surrounded him, he got up and went back into the city. On the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
  • Acts 17:5 : 5 But the Jews became jealous, and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason’s house, trying to find Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly.
  • Acts 17:13 : 13 But when the Jews from Thessalonica heard that Paul had also proclaimed the word of God in Berea, they came there too, inciting and disturbing the crowds.
  • 1 Thess 1:9 : 9 For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
  • 2 Tim 1:4 : 4 As I remember your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy.
  • Jas 1:2 : 2 Joy in Trials My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials,
  • 1 Pet 1:6 : 6 This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials.
  • 2 Pet 1:1 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Simeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ, have been granted a faith just as precious as ours.
  • Rev 7:15 : 15 For this reason they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple, and the one seated on the throne will shelter them.
  • 1 Cor 4:9-9 : 9 For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to die, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to people. 10 We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, we are dishonored! 11 To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and without a roof over our heads. 12 We do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure, 13 when people lie about us, we answer in a friendly manner. We are the world’s dirt and scum, even now.
  • 1 Cor 15:9-9 : 9 For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain. In fact, I worked harder than all of them– yet not I, but the grace of God with me.
  • Acts 27:23 : 23 For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve came to me
  • Rom 1:1 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God.
  • Rom 1:9 : 9 For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness that I continually remember you

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