Acts 14:22
strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into God’s Kingdom.
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Acts 14:22
strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that through many afflictions we must enter into God’s Kingdom.
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Numbers 21:4
They traveled from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. The soul of the people was very discouraged because of the journey.
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Job 10:1
“My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
Psalms 94:12
Blessed is the man whom you discipline, Yah, and teach out of your law,
Psalms 119:71
It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes.
1 Corinthians 11:32
But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.
Hebrews 12:5
You have forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with children, “My son, don’t take lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him;
Hebrews 12:6
for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines, and chastises every son whom he receives.”
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Psalms 64:3
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and aim their arrows, deadly words,
Matthew 10:21
“Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.
Matthew 10:23
But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most certainly I tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Israel until the Son of Man has come.
Matthew 10:24
“A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord.
Matthew 10:25
It is enough for the disciple that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!
John 15:21
But they will do all these things to you for my name’s sake, because they don’t know him who sent me.
John 16:3
They will do these things because they have not known the Father nor me.
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Psalms 66:12
You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.
Isaiah 35:3
Strengthen the weak hands, and make the feeble knees firm.
Daniel 11:1
“As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.
Zechariah 13:9
I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’ ”
Matthew 10:28
Don’t be afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.
Matthew 19:29
Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.
Acts 12:2
He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.
Romans 5:5
and hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
2 Corinthians 1:4
who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
2 Thessalonians 1:6
For it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,
Hebrews 10:32
But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings:
James 1:3
knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
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Isaiah 58:1
“Cry aloud! Don’t spare! Lift up your voice like a trumpet! Declare to my people their disobedience, and to the house of Jacob their sins.
Isaiah 62:6
I have set watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem. They will never be silent day nor night. You who call on Yahweh, take no rest,
Ezekiel 4:4
“Moreover lie on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it. According to the number of the days that you shall lie on it, you shall bear their iniquity.
Matthew 28:19
Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Mark 16:15
He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to the whole creation.
Acts 5:20
“Go stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life.”
Acts 6:4
But we will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word.”
Acts 20:28
Take heed, therefore, to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and God which he purchased with his own blood.
Romans 12:6
having gifts differing according to the grace that was given to us: if prophecy, let’s prophesy according to the proportion of our faith;
Romans 12:7
or service, let’s give ourselves to service; or he who teaches, to his teaching;
Ephesians 3:9
and to make all men see what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God, who created all things through Jesus Christ,
1 Timothy 4:6
If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine which you have followed.
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Matthew 3:2
“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!”
Matthew 7:21
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
Matthew 7:25
The rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it didn’t fall, for it was founded on the rock.
Mark 10:24
The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus answered again, “Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter into God’s Kingdom!
Luke 13:28
There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in God’s Kingdom, and yourselves being thrown outside.
Acts 1:6
Therefore, when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?”
1 Corinthians 6:9
Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals,
2 Peter 1:11
For thus you will be richly supplied with the entrance into the eternal Kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
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Luke 9:23
He said to all, “If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.
Luke 9:24
For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever will lose his life for my sake will save it.
Luke 9:25
For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits his own self?
Luke 9:27
But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand here who will in no way taste of death until they see God’s Kingdom.”
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Luke 21:12
But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you up to synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for my name’s sake.
Luke 22:32
but I prayed for you, that your faith wouldn’t fail. You, when once you have turned again, establish your brothers.”
John 12:26
If anyone serves me, let him follow me. Where I am, there my servant will also be. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him.
Acts 16:40
They went out of the prison and entered into Lydia’s house. When they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them, then departed.
Galatians 2:20
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself up for me.
Philippians 1:28
and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God.
1 Thessalonians 3:13
to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
1 Timothy 5:8
But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
2 Timothy 2:10
Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones’ sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
Hebrews 8:9
not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they didn’t continue in my covenant, and I disregarded them,” says the Lord.
1 Peter 4:18
“If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?”
1 Peter 5:10
But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
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Acts 13:8
But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith.
Acts 15:36
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.”
2 Corinthians 1:6
But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation. If we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer.
Hebrews 10:33
partly, being exposed to both reproaches and oppressions, and partly, becoming partakers with those who were treated so.
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Acts 8:1
Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.
Acts 13:50
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.
Acts 21:11
Coming to us and taking Paul’s belt, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘So the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’ ”
1 Corinthians 15:19
If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
2 Corinthians 4:12
So then death works in us, but life in you.
Galatians 3:4
Did you suffer so many things in vain, if it is indeed in vain?
Galatians 6:14
But far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
Philippians 1:25
Having this confidence, I know that I will remain, yes, and remain with you all for your progress and joy in the faith,
Philippians 3:10
that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death,
Colossians 1:24
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,
Hebrews 11:26
considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward.
Revelation 6:11
A long white robe was given to each of them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their brothers, who would also be killed even as they were, should complete their course.
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Acts 14:26
From there they sailed to Antioch, from where they had been committed to the grace of God for the work which they had fulfilled.
Acts 14:27
When they had arrived and had gathered the assembly together, they reported all the things that God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith to the nations.
Acts 14:28
They stayed there with the disciples for a long time.
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2 Corinthians 1:9
Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,
2 Corinthians 1:10
who delivered us out of so great a death, and does deliver, on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us,
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Luke 3:18
Then with many other exhortations he preached good news to the people,
Acts 20:2
When he had gone through those parts and had encouraged them with many words, he came into Greece.
1 Thessalonians 2:3
For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in deception.
1 Thessalonians 2:11
As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,
1 Timothy 2:1
I exhort therefore, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and givings of thanks be made for all men,
2 Timothy 4:2
preach the word; be urgent in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort with all patience and teaching.
Titus 2:6
Likewise, exhort the younger men to be sober minded.
Titus 2:9
Exhort servants to be in subjection to their own masters and to be well-pleasing in all things, not contradicting,
Titus 2:15
Say these things and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one despise you.
Hebrews 13:22
But I exhort you, brothers, endure the word of exhortation, for I have written to you in few words.
1 Peter 5:12
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.
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Ephesians 4:11
He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;
2 Timothy 1:6
For this cause, I remind you that you should stir up the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands.
2 Timothy 2:15
Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.
2 Timothy 3:14
But you remain in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them.
Titus 1:5
I left you in Crete for this reason, that you would set in order the things that were lacking and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you—
1 Peter 5:1
Therefore I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and who will also share in the glory that will be revealed:
1 Peter 5:2
shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily; not for dishonest gain, but willingly;
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Matthew 13:21
yet he has no root in himself, but endures for a while. When oppression or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles.
John 6:68
Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
John 6:69
We have come to believe and know that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
John 8:32
You will know the truth, and the truth will make you free.”
John 15:4
Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
1 Thessalonians 3:5
For this cause I also, when I couldn’t stand it any longer, sent that I might know your faith, for fear that by any means the tempter had tempted you, and our labor would have been in vain.
Hebrews 10:38
But the righteous one will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”
1 John 2:19
They went out from us, but they didn’t belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have continued with us. But they left, that they might be revealed that none of them belong to us.
Jude 1:20
But you, beloved, keep building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit.
Jude 1:21
Keep yourselves in God’s love, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.
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James 1:13
Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
James 1:14
But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own lust and enticed.
James 1:15
Then the lust, when it has conceived, bears sin. The sin, when it is full grown, produces death.
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