Acts 15:26
men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
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- Acts 14:19 : 19 But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there, and having persuaded the multitudes, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
- Acts 9:23-25 : 23 When many days were fulfilled, the Jews conspired together to kill him, 24 but their plot became known to Saul. They watched the gates both day and night that they might kill him, 25 but his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.
- Acts 13:50 : 50 But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their borders.
- Judg 5:18 : 18 Zebulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the death, Naphtali, on the high places of the field.
- 1 Cor 15:30 : 30 Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?
- 2 Cor 11:23-27 : 23 Are they servants of Christ? (I speak as one beside himself) I am more so; in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in deaths often. 24 Five times from the Jews I received forty stripes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I suffered shipwreck. I have been a night and a day in the deep. 26 I have been in travels often, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from my countrymen, perils from the Gentiles, perils in the city, perils in the wilderness, perils in the sea, perils among false brothers; 27 in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.
- Phil 2:29-30 : 29 Receive him therefore in the Lord with all joy, and hold such in honor, 30 because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.
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25 it seemed good to us, having come to one accord, to choose out men and send them to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
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30 because for the work of Christ he came near to death, risking his life to supply that which was lacking in your service toward me.
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4 who for my life, laid down their own necks; to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the Gentiles.
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27 We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who themselves will also tell you the same things by word of mouth.
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30 Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?
31 I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.
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21 Of the men therefore who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
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30 which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.
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24 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 Gospel of the grace of God.
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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."
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11 But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus,{TR adds "Christ"} just as they are."
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26 I have been in travels often, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from my countrymen, perils from the Gentiles, perils in the city, perils in the wilderness, perils in the sea, perils among false brothers;
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14 and that most of the brothers in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.
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11 For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.
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6 They have testified about your love before the assembly. You will do well to send them forward on their journey in a manner worthy of God,
7 because for the sake of the Name they went out, taking nothing from the Gentiles.
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30 Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,
31 that I may be delivered from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints;
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13 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
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21 Having regard for honorable things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
22 We have sent with them our brother, whom we have many times proved earnest in many things, but now much more earnest, by reason of the great confidence which he has in you.
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14 For you, brothers, became imitators of the assemblies of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus; for you also suffered the same things from your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews;
15 who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and didn't please God, and are contrary to all men;
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13 Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!
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28 and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.
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6 So that with good courage we say, "The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?"
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8 For we don't desire to have you uninformed, brothers,{The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."} concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia, that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life.
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15 "Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the sky and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them;
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30 having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear is in me.
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6 nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.
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26 Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.
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26 For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints who are at Jerusalem.
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25 But I counted it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, fellow soldier, and your apostle and minister to my need;
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19 Not only so, but who was also appointed by the assemblies to travel with us in this grace, which is served by us to the glory of the Lord himself, and to show our readiness.
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18 For they refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge those who are like that.
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2 but having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as you know, at Philippi, we grew bold in our God to tell you the Gospel of God in much conflict.
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8 For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord.
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9 For, I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.
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13 and to respect and honor them in love for their work's sake. Be at peace among yourselves.
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16 that you also be in subjection to such, and to everyone who helps in the work and labors.
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20 For I have no one else like-minded, who will truly care about you.
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19 serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews;
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15 For this cause I also, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which is among you, and the love which you have toward all the saints,
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36 After some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let's return now and visit our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing."
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5 This was not as we had hoped, but first they gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us through the will of God.
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16 holding up the word of life; that I may have something to boast in the day of Christ, that I didn't run in vain nor labor in vain.
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23 When they had appointed elders for them in every assembly, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.
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15 From there the brothers, when they heard of us, came to meet us as far as The Market of Appius and The Three Taverns. When Paul saw them, he thanked God, and took courage.
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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.
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18 For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.