Acts 20:24

World English Bible (2000)

But these things don't count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἀλλʼ οὐδενὸς λόγον ποιοῦμαι, οὐδὲ ἔχω τὴν ψυχήν μου τιμίαν ἐμαυτῷ, ὡς τελειῶσαι τὸν δρόμον μου μετὰ χαρᾶς, καὶ τὴν διακονίαν, ἣν ἔλαβον παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ, διαμαρτύρασθαι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς χάριτος τοῦ Θεοῦ.

Transliteration

But of-nothing logon poioumai, nor echō the psychēn of-me timian to-myself, so-as teleiōsai the dromon of-me with charas, and the diakonian, which elabon from the Kyriou Iēsou, diamartyrasthai the euangelion of-the charitos of-the Theou.

Grammar Details

• *logon*: accusative, masculine, singular - account/reckoning
• *poioumai*: present indicative, middle, 1st person singular - I make/consider
• *echō*: present indicative, active, 1st person singular - I hold/have
• *psychēn*: accusative, feminine, singular - life/soul
• *timian*: accusative, feminine, singular - precious/valuable
• *teleiōsai*: aorist infinitive, active - to complete
• *dromon*: accusative, masculine, singular - course/race
• *charas*: genitive, feminine, singular - of joy
• *diakonian*: accusative, feminine, singular - ministry/service
• *elabon*: aorist indicative, active, 1st person singular - I received
• *Kyriou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Lord
• *Iēsou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of Jesus
• *diamartyrasthai*: aorist infinitive, middle - to testify solemnly
• *euangelion*: accusative, neuter, singular - gospel/good news
• *charitos*: genitive, feminine, singular - of grace
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God

Word Meanings

• *logon*: account/reckoning/esteem
• *poioumai*: I make/consider/regard
• *psychēn*: life/soul
• *timian*: precious/valuable/dear
• *teleiōsai*: to complete/finish/accomplish
• *dromon*: course/race/career
• *charas*: joy/gladness
• *diakonian*: ministry/service/office
• *elabon*: I received/got/took
• *diamartyrasthai*: to testify solemnly/witness earnestly
• *euangelion*: gospel/good news
• *charitos*: grace/favor
• *Theou*: God/deity

Referenced Verses

• Acts 21:13 : 13 Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, 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 1:17 : 17 For he was numbered with us, and received his portion in this ministry.
• Acts 20:21 : 21 testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.
• Gal 1:1 : 1 Paul, an apostle (not from men, neither through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead),
• 2 Cor 4:1 : 1 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we don't faint.
• Titus 1:3 : 3 but in his own time revealed his word in the message with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior;
• Acts 20:32 : 32 Now, brothers, I entrust you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build up, and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified.
• Acts 9:15 : 15 But the Lord said to him, "Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.
• Acts 11:23 : 23 who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad. He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should remain near to the Lord.
• Acts 14:3 : 3 Therefore they stayed there a long time, speaking boldly in the Lord, who testified to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
• Acts 22:21 : 21 "He said to me, 'Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.'"
• Acts 26:17-18 : 17 delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you, 18 to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'
• Rom 3:24-26 : 24 being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus; 25 whom God set forth to be an atoning sacrifice, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God's forbearance; 26 to demonstrate his righteousness at this present time; that he might himself be just, and the justifier of him who has faith in Jesus.
• 2 Tim 4:6-8 : 6 For I am already being offered, and the time of my departure has come. 7 I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith. 8 From now on, there is stored up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that day; and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved his appearing.
• 1 Pet 5:12 : 12 Through Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I consider him, I have written to you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God in which you stand.
• 1 John 3:16 : 16 By this we know love, because he laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
• Rev 12:11 : 11 They overcame him because of the Lamb's blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn't love their life, even to death.
• 2 Tim 4:17 : 17 But the Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
• Rom 4:4 : 4 Now to him who works, the reward is not counted as grace, but as something owed.
• Rom 5:20-21 : 20 The law came in besides, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace abounded more exceedingly; 21 that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
• Rom 8:35-39 : 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 Even as it is written, "For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter." 37 No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• Rom 11:6 : 6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
• 1 Cor 9:17-18 : 17 For if I do this of my own will, I have a reward. But if not of my own will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me. 18 What then is my reward? That, when I preach the Good News, I may present the Good News of Christ without charge, so as not to abuse my authority in the Good News.
• 1 Cor 9:24-27 : 24 Don't you know that those who run in a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run like that, that you may win. 25 Every man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible. 26 I therefore run like that, as not uncertainly. I fight like that, as not beating the air, 27 but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
• 1 Cor 15:58 : 58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
• Luke 2:10-11 : 10 The angel said to them, "Don't be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people. 11 For there is born to you, this day, in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
• John 15:27 : 27 You will also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning.
• John 17:4 : 4 I glorified you on the earth. I have accomplished the work which you have given me to do.
• Titus 2:11 : 11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men,
• Titus 3:4-7 : 4 But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared, 5 not by works of righteousness, which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us richly, through Jesus Christ our Savior; 7 that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
• Heb 2:3-4 : 3 how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation--which at the first having been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard; 4 God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders, by various works of power, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will?
• Heb 10:34 : 34 For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.
• Heb 12:1-3 : 1 Therefore let us also, seeing we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, 2 looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. 3 For consider him who has endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, that you don't grow weary, fainting in your souls.
• 2 Cor 4:8-9 : 8 We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair; 9 pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed;
• 2 Cor 4:16-18 : 16 Therefore we don't faint, but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day. 17 For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory; 18 while we don't look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal.
• 2 Cor 5:8 : 8 We are courageous, I say, and are willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be at home with the Lord.
• 2 Cor 6:4-9 : 4 but in everything commending ourselves, as servants of God, in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses, 5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in watchings, in fastings; 6 in pureness, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in sincere love, 7 in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, 8 by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; as deceivers, and yet true; 9 as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and not killed; 10 as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
• 2 Cor 7:4 : 4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction.
• 2 Cor 12:10 : 10 Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.
• Eph 1:6 : 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, by which he freely bestowed favor on us in the Beloved,
• Eph 2:4-9 : 4 But God, being rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), 6 and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus; 8 for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, that no one would boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared before that we would walk in them.
• Eph 3:13 : 13 Therefore I ask that you may not lose heart at my troubles for you, which are your glory.
• Phil 1:20-23 : 20 according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death. 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 But if I live on in the flesh, this will bring fruit from my work; yet I don't know what I will choose. 23 But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.
• Phil 2:17 : 17 Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.
• Phil 3:13-15 : 13 Brothers, I don't regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do. Forgetting the things which are behind, and stretching forward to the things which are before, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. 15 Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you.
• Col 1:24 : 24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the assembly;
• 1 Thess 2:2 : 2 but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Good News of God in much conflict.
• 1 Thess 3:3 : 3 that no one be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.
• 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 For this cause I also suffer these things. Yet I am not ashamed, for I know him whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard that which I have committed to him against that day.
• 2 Tim 3:11 : 11 persecutions, and sufferings: those things that happened to me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. I endured those persecutions. Out of them all the Lord delivered me.