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Acts 20:3
and stayed three months. When he was about to set sail for Syria, a plot was devised against him by the Jews, so a decision was made to go back through Macedonia.
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Philippians 3:18
For I have often told you, and now say again with tears, that many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.
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Colossians 3:24
knowing that you will receive the reward of an inheritance from the Lord. You serve the Lord Christ.
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2 Corinthians 2 4
For I wrote to you with many tears out of an extremely troubled and anguished heart— not that you should be hurt, but that you should know the abundant love I have for you.
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Acts 20:31
Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning each one of you with tears.
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Jeremiah 13:17
But if you will not listen, my innermost being will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, for the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.
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Romans 12:11
Do not lack diligence; be fervent in spirit; serve the Lord.
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Acts 27:23
For this night an angel of the God I belong to and serve stood by me,
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Luke 19:41
As He approached and saw the city, He wept over it,
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1 Corinthians 4 9-1 Corinthians 4 13
For I think God has displayed us, the apostles, in last place, like men condemned to die: We have become a spectacle to the world and to angels and to men.We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored!Up to the present hour we are both hungry and thirsty; we are poorly clothed, roughly treated, homeless;we labor, working with our own hands. When we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;when we are slandered, we respond graciously. Even now, we are like the world’s garbage, like the dirt everyone scrapes off their sandals.
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Jeremiah 9:1
If my head were a spring of water, my eyes a fountain of tears, I would weep day and night over the slain of my dear people.
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2 Peter 1 1
Simeon Peter, a slave and an apostle of Jesus Christ: To those who have obtained a faith of equal privilege with ours through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ.
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2 Corinthians 3 5
It is not that we are competent in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our competence is from God.
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John 12:26
If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me. Where I am, there My servant also will be. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.
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Galatians 1:10
For am I now trying to win the favor of people, or God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ.
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Acts 9:23-25
After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him,but their plot became known to Saul. So they were watching the gates day and night intending to kill him,but his disciples took him by night and lowered him in a large basket through an opening in the wall.
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Revelation 7:15
For this reason they are before the throne of God, and they serve Him day and night in His sanctuary. The One seated on the throne will shelter them:
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2 Corinthians 7 5
In fact, when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest. Instead, we were troubled in every way: conflicts on the outside, fears inside.
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Acts 14:5-6
When an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and Jews, with their rulers, to assault and stone them,they found out about it and fled to the Lycaonian towns called Lystra and Derbe, and to the surrounding countryside.
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Psalms 119:136
My eyes pour out streams of tears because people do not follow Your instruction.
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1 Corinthians 15 9-1 Corinthians 15 10
For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.But by God’s grace I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not ineffective. However, I worked more than any of them, yet not I, but God’s grace that was with me.
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2 Corinthians 12 7-2 Corinthians 12 10
especially because of the extraordinary revelations. Therefore, so that I would not exalt myself, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to torment me so I would not exalt myself.Concerning this, I pleaded with the Lord three times to take it away from me.But He said to me,“ My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me.So I take pleasure in weaknesses, insults, catastrophes, persecutions, and in pressures, because of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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2 Corinthians 4 7-2 Corinthians 4 11
Now we have this treasure in clay jars, so that this extraordinary power may be from God and not from us.We are pressured in every way but not crushed; we are perplexed but not in despair;we are persecuted but not abandoned; we are struck down but not destroyed.We always carry the death of Jesus in our body, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.For we who live are always given over to death because of Jesus, so that Jesus’ life may also be revealed in our mortal flesh.
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1 Peter 1 6
You rejoice in this, though now for a short time you have had to struggle in various trials
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Galatians 4:13-14
you know that previously I preached the gospel to you because of a physical illness.You did not despise or reject me though my physical condition was a trial for you. On the contrary, you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus Himself.
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Acts 13:50-51
But the Jews incited the prominent women, who worshiped God, and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and expelled them from their district.But they shook the dust off their feet against them and went to Iconium.
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2 Corinthians 11 23-2 Corinthians 11 30
Are they servants of Christ? I’m talking like a madman— I’m a better one: with far more labors, many more imprisonments, far worse beatings, near death many times.Five times I received 39 lashes from Jews.Three times I was beaten with rods by the Romans. Once I was stoned by my enemies. Three times I was shipwrecked. I have spent a night and a day in the open sea.On frequent journeys, I faced dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my own people, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the open country, dangers on the sea, and dangers among false brothers;labor and hardship, many sleepless nights, hunger and thirst, often without food, cold, and lacking clothing.Not to mention other things, there is the daily pressure on me: my care for all the churches.Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?If boasting is necessary, I will boast about my weaknesses.
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James 1:2
Consider it a great joy, my brothers, whenever you experience various trials,
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Acts 14:19-20
Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and when they had won over the crowds and stoned Paul, they dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead.After the disciples surrounded him, he got up and went into the town. The next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe.
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Ephesians 6:7
Serve with a good attitude, as to the Lord and not to men,
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2 Timothy 1 4
Remembering your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy,
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Romans 1:9
For God, whom I serve with my spirit in telling the good news about His Son, is my witness that I constantly mention you,
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Romans 1:1
Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle and singled out for God’s good news—
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Acts 17:13
But when the Jews from Thessalonica found out that God’s message had been proclaimed by Paul at Berea, they came there too, agitating and disturbing the crowds.
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Acts 17:5
But the Jews became jealous, and they brought together some scoundrels from the marketplace, formed a mob, and started a riot in the city. Attacking Jason’s house, they searched for them to bring them out to the public assembly.
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1 Thessalonians 1 9
for they themselves report what kind of reception we had from you: how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God