Verse 23

I do all these things because of the gospel, so that I can be a participant in it.

Referenced Verses

• Mark 8:35 : 35 For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life because of me and because of the gospel will save it.
• 2 Tim 2:10 : 10 So I endure all things for the sake of those chosen by God, that they too may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus and its eternal glory.
• Heb 3:14 : 14 For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence firm until the end.
• 1 Pet 5:1 : 1 Leading and Living in God’s Flock So as your fellow elder and a witness of Christ’s sufferings and as one who shares in the glory that will be revealed, I urge the elders among you:
• 1 John 1:3 : 3 What we have seen and heard we announce to you too, so that you may have fellowship with us(and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ).
• Heb 3:1 : 1 Jesus and Moses Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess,
• 1 Cor 9:12 : 12 If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving?But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
• 1 Cor 9:25-27 : 25 Each competitor must exercise self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one. 26 So I do not run uncertainly or box like one who hits only air. 27 Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified.
• 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.
• Gal 2:5 : 5 But we did not surrender to them even for a moment, in order that the truth of the gospel would remain with you.
• 2 Tim 2:6 : 6 The farmer who works hard ought to have the first share of the crops.