Acts 20:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that chains and tribulations await me.

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  • Acts 9:16 : 16 For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake.
  • Acts 21:4 : 4 And finding disciples, we stayed there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go to Jerusalem.
  • Acts 21:11 : 11 And when he came to us, he took Paul's belt, bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus says the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
  • 1 Thess 3:3 : 3 That no one should be unsettled by these afflictions, for you yourselves know that we are appointed to this.
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 Strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying that we must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.
  • John 16:33 : 33 I have spoken these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world, you will have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
  • Acts 8:29 : 29 Then the Spirit said to Philip, Go near and join this chariot.
  • 2 Tim 2:12 : 12 If we endure, we shall also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He also will deny us;
  • Acts 21:33 : 33 Then the chief captain came near, took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and asked who he was, and what he had done.

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  • Acts 20:18-22
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    18And when they had come to him, he said to them, "You know, from the first day that I came to Asia, in what manner I always lived among you,

    19serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears and trials which happened to me by the plotting of the Jews;

    20how I kept back nothing that was helpful, but proclaimed it to you, and taught you publicly and from house to house,

    21testifying to Jews, and also to Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

    22And see, now I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that will happen to me there,

  • Acts 20:24-25
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    24But none of these things move me, nor do I count 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 testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

    25And indeed, now I know that you all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, will see my face no more.

  • 2 Tim 2:9-10
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    9For which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of chains; but the word of God is not chained.

    10Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

  • Phil 1:12-14
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    12But I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel;

    13So that my chains in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;

    14And most of the brethren in the Lord, having become confident by my chains, are much more bold to speak the word without fear.

  • Acts 21:13
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    13Then Paul answered, What do you mean by 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.

  • 2 Tim 3:11
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    11Persecutions, afflictions, which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured. But out of them all the Lord delivered me.

  • Phil 1:30
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    30Having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear to be in me.

  • Eph 6:20
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    20For which I am an ambassador in chains, that in it I may speak boldly as I ought to speak.

  • Acts 26:21-22
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    21For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and attempted to kill me.

    22Having therefore obtained help from God, I continue to this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those which the prophets and Moses said would come:

  • Acts 23:11
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    11The following night the Lord stood by him and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so must you also bear witness in Rome.

  • Acts 22:18-19
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    18And saw him saying to me, Make haste and get quickly out of Jerusalem, for they will not receive your testimony concerning me.

    19And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.

  • Rom 9:1-2
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    1I speak the truth in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,

    2That I have great sorrow and continual grief in my heart.

  • Rom 15:19
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    19Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so from Jerusalem and all around to Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.

  • 2 Cor 1:23
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    23Moreover, I call God as a witness upon my soul, that to spare you I did not come yet to Corinth.

  • Acts 21:11
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    11And when he came to us, he took Paul's belt, bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus says the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.

  • Acts 19:21
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    21After these things ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome.

  • Phil 1:17-20
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    17But the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.

    18What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is preached; and in this I rejoice, yes, and will rejoice.

    19For I know that this will turn out for my salvation through your prayer and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ,

    20According to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.

  • 2 Cor 11:26
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    26In journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own countrymen, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

  • Acts 22:21
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    21And he said to me, Depart, for I will send you far away to the Gentiles.

  • Col 1:24
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    24Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of his body, which is the church:

  • Rom 15:31
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    31That I may be delivered from those in Judea who do not believe, and that my service for Jerusalem may be accepted by the saints;

  • Acts 26:29
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    29And Paul said, I would to God, that not only you, but also all who hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except for these chains.

  • 2 Tim 1:8
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    8Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share in the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;

  • Phil 1:28
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    28And not in any way terrified by your adversaries, which is to them a sign of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that from God.

  • Gal 6:17
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    17From now on let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.

  • Acts 14:22
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    22Strengthening the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and saying that we must through many tribulations enter the kingdom of God.

  • Acts 22:5
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    5As also the high priest bears me witness, and all the council of the elders, from whom I also received letters to the brothers, and went to Damascus to bring those who were there bound to Jerusalem, to be punished.

  • 2 Cor 11:28
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    28Besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: my deep concern for all the churches.

  • Phil 1:8
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    8For God is my witness, how greatly I long for you all with the affection of Jesus Christ.

  • Rom 15:23
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    23But now having no more place in these regions, and having a great desire these many years to come to you,

  • 1 Thess 3:3
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    3That no one should be unsettled by these afflictions, for you yourselves know that we are appointed to this.

  • 2 Cor 11:23
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    23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often.

  • 2 Tim 4:5-6
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    5But be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

    6For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand.

  • Phlm 1:13
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    13Whom I wished to keep with me, so that he might minister to me in your place in my chains for the gospel:

  • Acts 20:31
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    31Therefore watch, and remember that for three years I did not cease to warn everyone night and day with tears.