Acts 14:20-22
The Message
19-20 Then some Jews from Antioch and Iconium caught up with them and turned the fickle crowd against them. They beat Paul unconscious, dragged him outside the town and left him for dead. But as the disciples gathered around him, he came to and got up. He went back into town and the next day left with Barnabas for Derbe.
Plenty of Hard Times
21-22 After proclaiming the Message in Derbe and establishing a strong core of disciples, they retraced their steps to Lystra, then Iconium, and then Antioch, putting grit in the lives of the disciples, urging them to stick with what they had begun to believe and not quit, making it clear to them that it wouldn’t be easy: “Anyone signing up for the kingdom of God has to go through plenty of hard times.”
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Acts 14:20-22
New International Version
20 But after the disciples(A) had gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe.
The Return to Antioch in Syria
21 They preached the gospel(B) in that city and won a large number(C) of disciples. Then they returned to Lystra, Iconium(D) and Antioch, 22 strengthening the disciples and encouraging them to remain true to the faith.(E) “We must go through many hardships(F) to enter the kingdom of God,” they said.
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