²³ except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.^(A)

²⁴ But I do not count my life of any value to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God’s grace.^(A)

Future Glory

¹⁸ I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory about to be revealed to us.

¹⁷ For our slight, momentary affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure,^(A)